Tax Manager (Accounting Firm)

You'll keep clients in good standing with SARS at a small tax practice in Umhlanga. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a small tax practice on the Umhlanga side of KwaZulu-Natal.

• Prepare VAT201 returns and review input tax claims
• Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• Prepare and submit ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T returns on SARS eFiling
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
• Calculate IRP6 provisional tax for individuals and companies
• Advise on deductions such as retirement contributions and home office claims

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

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

• Make sure your own tax affairs are up to date, as some firms check your compliance status before they appoint.
• List your tax practitioner number and controlling body in the first line of your CV.