Minimum Pass Number for This Year's Tax Accountant Qualification Exam Set at 700... Frozen for 4 Years

National Tax Service: "If Improvement Measures Emerge from Ministry of Employment Audit, Swift Reform of (Tax Accountant Qualification Exam) System Will Follow"

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] The National Tax Service has decided to set the minimum number of successful candidates for this year's tax accountant qualification exam at 700, the same level as last year.

The National Tax Service announced on the 21st that it held the Tax Accountant Qualification Deliberation Committee on the 15th and decided on the minimum number of successful candidates for the 59th Tax Accountant Qualification Exam in 2022.

The minimum number of successful candidates for the tax accountant exam was 700 until 2007, reduced to 630 in 2008, and increased back to 700 in 2019.

This year's first exam will be held on May 28, and the second exam on August 27, in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Incheon.

In the first exam, except for the English subject, each subject is scored out of 100 points, and candidates who score 40 points or more in each subject and have an average score of 60 points or more across all subjects are determined to have passed. English is substituted with official language proficiency test scores. In the second exam, each subject is scored out of 100 points, and candidates who score 40 points or more in each subject and have an average score of 60 points or more across all subjects are determined to have passed.

However, if the number of candidates who score 40 points or more in each subject and have an average score of 60 points or more across all subjects is less than the minimum number of successful candidates, then within the range of 700, those who scored 40 points or more in all subjects are selected in order of highest average score across all subjects.

Regarding the controversy over unfairness in last year's tax accountant qualification exam, the National Tax Service shared the situation of the Ministry of Employment and Labor conducting an audit of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea at the meeting. The National Tax Service stated, "If improvement measures are proposed reflecting the audit results in the future, a separate deliberation committee will be convened, and the system will be promptly improved through consultation with related ministries."

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