Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tax clerk can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a tax clerk already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Tax clerks collect financial information in order to prepare accounting and tax documents. They also perform clerical duties.

Also known as tax compliance officer, tax collection clerk, fiscal clerk, tax collection officer, tax collection assistant, tax revenue officer.

Clerical support workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: tax compliance officer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tax compliance officer 62% covered tax inspector 57% covered tax advisor 49% covered accounting assistant 30% covered accountant 30% covered tax clerk You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tax clerk, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a tax clerk already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A tax clerk needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • calculate debt costs information skills
  • inform on fiscal duties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • inspect taxation documents assisting and caring
  • debt classification business, administration and law
  • prepare tax returns forms information skills
  • calculate tax information skills
  • bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law
  • fraud detection services
  • perform clerical duties management skills
  • interpret financial statements information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a tax clerk does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Tax clerk is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a tax clerk’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.