Tax Manager (Accounting Firm)

You'll keep clients in good standing with SARS at an import and export trading house in George. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: George, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Prepare and submit ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T returns on SARS eFiling
• Respond to SARS verification letters and upload documents on time
• Keep client tax files complete for five years
• Calculate IRP6 provisional tax for individuals and companies
• Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs
• Prepare VAT201 returns and review input tax claims
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients

• Comfortable handling tax season overtime
• Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act and VAT Act
• Registered tax practitioner with a recognised controlling body such as SAIT or SAIPA
• Degree or diploma in accounting or tax

• Postgraduate diploma in tax
• Tax software experience such as TaxShop or CaseWare
• Experience with trusts, estates and capital gains tax

• Paid controlling body subscription
• CPD hours paid by the firm
• Flexible hours outside filing season

• List your tax practitioner number and controlling body in the first line of your CV.
• Give an example of a SARS dispute you won or a verification you cleared; firms value real results.