Income Tax Officer Qualifications

Will you please provide the eligibility criteria required to become Income Tax Officer ?

[Kiran Chandar]

Income tax officer deals with the income tax related matters of the CBDT. Income tax is one of the source of revenue for the government

Eligibility Criteria:-
Applicants must be a citizen of India.
Applicants must be a graduate in any discipline of your choice from a recognized university.
Applicants age should not be less than 18 years when applying for this exam. For general category Applicants the upper age limit is 27 years.

The upper age limit is relaxed for the following categories:-
~SC/ST Applicants 5 yrs.
~OBC Applicants: 3 yrs.
~PWD Applicants: 10 yrs.

Following are the stages or hurdles you have to go through:-
Preliminary Examination
Main Examination
Personality Test

Subject Areas of Prelim Exam:-
1. General Intelligence and General Awareness- 100 marks (2 hours)
2. Arithmetic- 100 marks (2 hours)

Subject Areas of Main Exam:-
1. General Studies- 200 marks (3 hours)
2. English- 100 marks (2 hours 20 mins)
3. Arithmetic- 200 marks (4 hours)
4. Language- 200 marks (2 hours 20 mins)
5. Communication Skill and Writing- 200 marks (2 hours 20 mins)

An income tax officers gets the pay scale of Rs. 6500-Rs. 10,500.