Taxation Accountant (ANZSCO 221113)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Taxation Accountant on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Processing priority

Taxation Accountant isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.

Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.

Skills assessment

Taxation Accountant can be assessed by any of these authorities:

What the assessment actually involves

CPA Australia, the IPA and Chartered Accountants ANZ each independently assess Taxation Accountant, and its competency table adds one area on top of the seven shared with Accountant (General) and Management Accountant: Australian Taxation Law, and CPA is explicit that the study must specifically cover Australian content, not tax law generally. ANZSCO's own description matches — analysing, reporting and advising on taxation issues, preparing returns, and handling disputes with taxation authorities, distinct from the compliance-based or performance-based reporting the other two codes cover. As with every code in the family, the qualification must be assessed at least bachelor-equivalent before any competency is checked.

Where these applications come unstuck

CPA's own Foundation Exam bridge — the mechanism that lets an applicant top up one missing competency area without a full university subject — explicitly does not cover Taxation Law, so a degree that is otherwise a clean match for Accountant (General) but lacks Australian tax content needs a genuine accredited subject, not a self-paced exam. Generic or offshore taxation-law study does not satisfy the requirement either; it has to be Australian-specific. Anyone planning to charge a fee for tax return preparation should also expect a separate Tax Practitioners Board registration, on top of the migration skills assessment.

An honest read on this pathway

Taxation Accountant carries the full MLTSSL/CSOL visa range like the rest of the family, but it is the one code in this group where a single missing subject can turn a straightforward assessment into a semester of university study rather than a quick top-up, because the Foundation Exam route is unavailable for this specific area. Applicants whose accounting degree came from a country with no Australian-taxation content should budget for that gap before assuming the assessment will be routine. A positive outcome is a migration document, not TPB tax-agent registration, which is separate.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Taxation Accountant is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.

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