Tax Manager (Accounting Firm)

Clients sleep better when their tax is sorted, and a small tax practice in Newcastle needs you to sort it. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

You'll be based at a small tax practice in Newcastle. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Track filing season deadlines and send reminders to clients
• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs
• Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
• Keep client tax files complete for five years
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
• Prepare and submit ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T returns on SARS eFiling

• Neat, careful and organised with client documents
• Clear writing for SARS letters and objections
• Registered tax practitioner with a recognised controlling body such as SAIT or SAIPA
• Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act and VAT Act
• Comfortable handling tax season overtime

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

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