How do you become a person who deals with issues of taxation?

mayerj72: How do you become a person who deals with issues of taxation?
For instance, highly qualified people who work for companies and deal with tax exemptions and other taxation issues. What do you need to do in order to become that? Study accounting? study finance? pass certain certificates etc.? And what is the title of their profession?

I am wondering as their jobs seem to be pretty secured and seem to pay well.

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Answer by fcas80
Best qualification is a Masters degree in Taxation.

Second best is to be a Certified Public Accountant.

Some knowledge: take the training offered by H&R Block or one of the other tax preparation firms.

Answer by chatsplas
Study bookkeeping, accounting, finance, business law, taxation.
ERISA, HR, different companies have different departments, titles, but often it is under comptroller, controller, accounting