VAT Specialist (Import and Export)

You'll keep clients in good standing with SARS at an import and export trading house in Richards Bay. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
• Advise on deductions such as retirement contributions and home office claims
• Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients
• Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs

• Clear writing for SARS letters and objections
• Degree or diploma in accounting or tax
• 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

• 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.
• List your tax practitioner number and controlling body in the first line of your CV.