Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

tax clerktotax compliance officer

A tax clerk already meets 62% of what the tax compliance officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax clerk
62%
Overlap1
To tax compliance officer
20 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
39.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 39.1

This move: 39.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the tax compliance officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax clerk profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tax compliance officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess seizable goods information skills
  • already held inform on fiscal duties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held inspect tax returns assisting and caring
  • already held inspect taxation documents assisting and caring
  • already held cadastral taxation business, administration and law
  • already held research taxation procedures information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the tax compliance officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assess debtor's financial situation required
  • required, not held perform debt investigation required
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held monitor financial accounts optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held debt collection techniques required
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held respond to enquiries required
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held collect tax required
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held law enforcement required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tax compliance officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on tax policy skill
  • already held assess seizable goods skill
  • already held calculate tax skill
  • already held debt classification knowledge
  • already held handle financial disputes skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held inform on fiscal duties skill
  • already held insolvency law knowledge
  • already held inspect tax returns skill
  • already held inspect taxation documents skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held advise on tax planning skill
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held cadastral taxation knowledge
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • already held fraud detection knowledge
  • already held manage accounts skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held research taxation procedures skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held office software optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held monitor financial accounts optional
  • optional, not held office software optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
8 held skills the tax compliance officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate debt costs skill
  • not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare tax returns forms skill
  • not needed by the target role use accounting systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held debt collection techniques required
  • required, not held law enforcement required
  • optional, not held office software optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.