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The Tax Academy offers 33 individual microcredentials across three levels of expertise. All self-paced, all flexible and all designed to give busy tax professionals a credible, verifiable way to build their credential portfolio without putting their career on hold.
Here’s what each level offers, who it’s designed for, and how the three work together to take your professional profile further than any single qualification can.
What every unit delivers
Before diving into the levels, it is worth knowing what every Tax Academy microcredential has in common, regardless of where it sits:
- real-world application,
- assessment activities and quizzes designed to test not just knowledge recall but the ability to apply concepts in practical scenarios,
- verified resources links so that you to know the theory and are able to demonstrate competency with confidence.
- 10 CPD hours per unit, claimable on completion
- A verified digital badge, issued through Credly and shareable directly to LinkedIn
- No additional resources to purchase; everything you need is included
- Self-paced, online learning with no time pressure to complete
- Assessment through multiple-choice questions, with full access to references and resources throughout
- No exams
- No fixed timetable
- No prerequisites beyond the assumed knowledge outlined for each unit
- Targeted, expert-driven learning you can fit around a full working week
As we explored in our article on why experienced tax professionals still benefit from microcredentials, this flexibility isn’t just about convenience. It’s a genuine professional advantage in a market that increasingly rewards visible, verified development over experience alone.
Our guide to earning your badge through the Tax Academy also walks you through the full process from enrolment to claiming your Credly badge and adding it to your LinkedIn profile.
Level one: Foundational
The Foundation level microcredential ‘Introduction to the Australian tax system’ is the starting point for any professional who is new to the tax profession or stepping into a specialised area for the first time. It is designed to build core knowledge from the ground up, giving learners the confidence and competency to apply what they have learned in real practice from day one.
It is the ideal first badge for anyone beginning their Tax Academy journey.
Level two: Professional
Professional level units are ideal for practitioners who already have the foundational knowledge in place and are ready to go deeper. These units - think Cross-border taxation, introduction to Superannuation or GST move well beyond the basics to build the specific capabilities that matter in day-to-day practice.
Level three: Advanced
Advanced units are for experienced practitioners who are ready to go deep into a specific area of tax, such as Financing business assets and foreign currency transactions, State and territory duty or Taxation of complex capital gains. They build directly on Professional level knowledge and are designed for those who want to develop real specialist expertise, fill a targeted knowledge gap, or strengthen a particular area of their practice.
How the three levels work together
The real power of the Tax Academy's structure is in how the levels build on each other. That said, you don't need to complete them in sequence, and there are no formal prerequisites.
Many professionals dip into specific units at the level that suits their current needs, whether that’s plugging a knowledge gap, upskilling in a new area, or building credibility in a specialism they’re moving into.
For those who do build across all three levels, the result is a credential portfolio that speaks for itself.
Ready to explore the full suite?
Browse all 33 Tax Academy microcredentials across Foundation, Professional and Advanced levels at taxinstitute.com.au/taxacademy/units and find the units that fit where you are now and where you want to go next.