This study aims to examine the effect of perception and motivation on career interests of students in the taxation field. The subjects used in this study were students and final students who had taken taxation courses. In this study, there were 100 samples chosen based on the purposive sampling method. The data used in this study came from primary data and data collection using questionnaire techniques. The data quality test in this study uses the classic assumption test and the data analysis test uses multiple regression tests. The results of the tests carried out showed that the perception variable and the motivational variable had a positive effect on student career interests in the taxation field.