Tax Administration Officer
Checks tax returns, investigates unpaid tax and helps citizens and businesses get their obligations right.
Degree-level grade: technical and management work one step below A1, with its own competitive exam. What does this group mean?
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- Typical pay
- €30k–€55k
- Usual education
- University degree (economics, business, law) + competitive exam
- Outlook
- Strong. Tax agencies across Europe are recruiting steadily, especially in data and fraud analysis.
A day in the life
You review a batch of company returns flagged by the risk system, request supporting documents, interview a business owner about an odd deduction, and write up the resulting assessment. Some days you are on the citizen helpline during filing season.
Ways in
- Economics, business or law degree then 1–2 years preparing the Hacienda oposición
- Enter as Agente de Hacienda (C1) and promote to Técnico
- Data or audit background moving into tax inspection
What to study at 16
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Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
Italy
Liceo classico / scienze umane
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Austria
AHS Oberstufe
Belgium
ASO – General secondary
Exams you'll need
The gates between you and this job, and when each one comes.
EPSO competitions
The route into the same kind of work inside the EU institutions.
RequiredOposición Grupo A2 / B
Entry to this post is through the competitive exam for its group.