Career

In India, most of the professionals acting as tax consultants are law graduates or persons having professional qualifications.
There are no prescribed qualifications to become a tax consultant/ advisor. Individuals with interpretation skills and expertise knowledge in Tax Laws can act as a Tax Consultant. Tax Laws are changing all the time so they should be up-to-date with recent Circulars, Notifications, Rules, etc… issued by the Department of Tax & Ministry of Finance. Further, they should study the recent case laws related to tax laws.
A tax consultant should be able to minimize the tax liability of his clients by tax planning (acting within the four corners of the act ie legally) . When compared with other professionals a tax consultant can establish a long-term professional relationship with his clients.
Experience is an essential element to become a successful tax consultant. Individuals having working experience with professional like CS, ICWA, CS or any other tax consultants or professionals can easily flourish in the industry.
In a nutshell–:
if you have qualifications like L.L.B, B.com, CA, CS, ICWA it will be beneficial(not mandatory)
Should possess expertise knowledge
Should possess interpretations skill
Ability to structure the affairs of clients to minimize tax liability
Experience will be a value addition!
Should not follow false practices
In addition to these income tax department has launched Tax Return Preparer Scheme, to mould individuals interested in taxation and independence in work to became a Tax return preparer .Candidates between the age of twenty-one (21) and thirty-five (35) having a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university in any of the following subjects can became a TRP
Law (LLB)
Economics (B.A. / B.Sc.)
Statistics (B.A. / B.Sc.)
Mathematics (B.A. / B.Sc.)
Commerce (B.Com.)
Management/ Business Administration (BBA / BBM)