Tax Manager (Accounting Firm)

You'll keep clients in good standing with SARS at a fiduciary and trust company in Mokopane. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Mokopane, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• Advise on deductions such as retirement contributions and home office claims
• Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs
• Prepare VAT201 returns and review input tax claims
• Keep client tax files complete for five years
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
• Respond to SARS verification letters and upload documents on time

• Comfortable handling tax season overtime
• Neat, careful and organised with client documents
• Degree or diploma in accounting or tax
• At least 2 years of SARS eFiling experience
• Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act and VAT Act

• Customs and excise knowledge for import-export clients
• Postgraduate diploma in tax
• Tax software experience such as TaxShop or CaseWare

• Flexible hours outside filing season
• CPD hours paid by the firm
• Bonus at the end of filing season
• Paid controlling body subscription

• Give an example of a SARS dispute you won or a verification you cleared; firms value real results.
• Make sure your own tax affairs are up to date, as some firms check your compliance status before they appoint.