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

bookkeepertotax clerk

A bookkeeper already meets 41% of what the tax clerk role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bookkeeper
41%
Overlap1
To tax clerk
10 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 55.1

This move: 55.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the tax clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bookkeeper 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tax clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bookkeeper background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use accounting systems management skills
  • already held prepare tax returns forms information skills
  • already held calculate tax information skills
  • already held accounting department processes business, administration and law
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law
  • already held manage accounts management skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the tax clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held inform on fiscal duties required
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax policy optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate debt costs required
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
  • optional, not held research taxation procedures optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect taxation documents required
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held debt classification required
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held fraud detection required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tax clerk 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held calculate tax skill
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held prepare tax returns forms skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held accounting department processes knowledge
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held manage accounts skill
  • already held use accounting systems skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use spreadsheets software required
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax policy optional
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held research taxation procedures optional
26 held skills the tax clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role allocate bills skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role depreciation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role financial department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up accounts receivables skill
  • not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
  • not needed by the target role identify accounting errors skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cash desk skill
  • not needed by the target role manage payroll reports skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the general ledger skill
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role perform balance sheet operations skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare trial accounting balances skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support development of annual budget skill
4 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 classification required
  • required, not held fraud detection required
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from bookkeeper

Full index of moves from bookkeeper

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.