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Tax Manager (Accounting Firm)

How2Apply Talent Network

Lephalale, Limpopo

Full-time

Posted 1 hour ago

Full-time Finance & Accounting

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Job Description

Returns, assessments and objections all land on your desk at a financial planning practice in Lephalale. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a financial planning practice in Lephalale. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

What you'll actually do

Prepare VAT201 returns and review input tax claims
Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
Advise on deductions such as retirement contributions and home office claims
Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs

What you need

Registered tax practitioner with a recognised controlling body such as SAIT or SAIPA
Degree or diploma in accounting or tax
Comfortable handling tax season overtime
Neat, careful and organised with client documents
Clear writing for SARS letters and objections
At least 2 years of SARS eFiling experience

Helpful, not essential

Postgraduate diploma in tax
Customs and excise knowledge for import-export clients
Experience with trusts, estates and capital gains tax

What you get

CPD hours paid by the firm
Flexible hours outside filing season
Bonus at the end of filing season

How to apply for this job

Check you meet the must-haves first; recruiters filter on those before anything else.
Get these ready, because shortlisted people are asked for them straight away: your own tax compliance status PIN, as firms check it, proof of registration as a tax practitioner plus certified tax or accounting qualification.
Fill in the short form below with your name and a phone number you actually answer.
Keep your phone on. Shortlisted applicants are contacted by call, SMS or WhatsApp within 8 working days.

How2Apply recruits for this position on behalf of hiring employers around Lephalale; applications go into our talent pool and shortlisted candidates are introduced directly.

How2Apply never charges you to apply, for training, for uniforms or for a "placement fee". If anyone asks you for money, it is a scam.

How to stand out

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.