Here is the notice with the criteria for becoming a tax judge

Candidates must send their application to take part in the competition exclusively by telematic means, authenticating themselves with SPID/CIE/CNS/eIDAS, by filling in the application form on the 'inPA' Single Recruitment Portal, available at https://www.inpa.gov.it, after registering on the same Portal.

No other way of completing and sending the application is allowed.

The pre-selection test, which may also take place at decentralised locations and on different dates or sessions, is conducted with the aid of computerised tools and consists of the solution of 75 questions.

The pre-selection test is to be completed in a maximum of sixty minutes and covers the subjects of civil law (15 questions), civil procedural law (15 questions), tax law (15 questions) and commercial law (15 questions). Each question consists of a question followed by 4 answers, only one of which is correct.

The following are exempt from the pre-selection test and in any case admitted to the written test: a. tax judges on the single list referred to in Article 4, paragraph 39-bis, of Law no. 183 of 12 November 2011; b. ordinary, military, administrative and accounting magistrates; c. public prosecutors and State attorneys; d. disabled candidates with a disability rating of eighty per cent or more, pursuant to Article 20, paragraph 2-bis, of Law no. 104 of 5 February 1992.

A number of candidates equal to three times the number of posts in the competition are admitted to the subsequent written test. Those who have obtained the same number of points as the last candidate admitted will be admitted to the written test.

The written test will be held on the dates and at the location indicated in the diary, containing the rules for the examination tests, which will be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic, 4th special series - Competitions and examinations, as well as on the institutional website of the Ministry of Economy and Finance https://www.mef.gov.it. Such publication will have the force of notification for all legal purposes, both for candidates who have been admitted to the pre-selection tests and for those who are exempt from the same.

The written test consists of two papers from among the three listed below, identified by drawing lots to be held in the run-up to the test:

- theoretical paper on tax law;

- theoretical paper on civil or commercial law;

- theoretical-practical test consisting in the drafting of a judgment in tax matters.

Papers must be submitted within eight hours of the dictation of the outline.

Candidates who obtain a mark of not less than eighteen-thirtieths in each paper in the written test are admitted to the oral test.

The second paper shall not be corrected if the evaluation of the first is

less than eighteen thirtieths.

The oral test covers the following subjects:

a. tax law and tax procedural law;

civil law and civil procedural law;

c. criminal tax law;

d. constitutional law and administrative law;

and. commercial law;

f. European Union law;

g. corporate accounting and financial statements;

h. elements of legal informatics;

i. interview in a foreign language, indicated by the candidate when applying for the competition, chosen from among the following: English, Spanish, French and German.

Candidates who obtain a mark of not less than six tenths in each of the subjects of the oral test, and a pass mark in the interview in their chosen foreign language, and in any case an overall mark - between the written test and the oral test - of not less than 90 points, are awarded the qualification. Fractions of points are not allowed.