HMRC Tax Specialist Programme (TSP) Articles & Updates

The Tax Specialist Programme (TSP) is the graduate and internal training scheme of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for future tax specialists in the UK. It is a structured 3 to 4 year programme that combines live tax casework with formal learning and assessment, and trainees who complete it are promoted to a Senior Tax Specialist role. No previous tax experience, accounting qualification or finance degree is required. Applicants need a minimum 2:2 degree or an equivalent Level 6 qualification, or must be a current civil servant recruited through fair and open competition who has completed probation. Applications are made through Civil Service Jobs, and selection runs in stages: the Civil Service Verbal and Numerical tests, the Civil Service Judgement Test, the Civil Service Styles Assessment and a half-day face-to-face assessment centre. HMRC says it may raise pass marks at any stage, and applications are assessed separately for each location, so no single pass mark is published.