VAT Specialist (Import and Export)

Returns, assessments and objections all land on your desk at a mid-tier accounting firm in Phalaborwa. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

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

• Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
• Track filing season deadlines and send reminders to clients
• Respond to SARS verification letters and upload documents on time
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• Prepare VAT201 returns and review input tax claims

• At least 2 years of SARS eFiling experience
• Degree or diploma in accounting or tax
• Clear writing for SARS letters and objections
• Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act and VAT Act
• Registered tax practitioner with a recognised controlling body such as SAIT or SAIPA
• Comfortable handling tax season overtime

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

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