VAT Specialist (Import and Export)

You'll keep clients in good standing with SARS at a small tax practice in Umhlanga. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

The work is in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
• Respond to SARS verification letters and upload documents on time
• Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
• 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
• Keep client tax files complete for five years

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

• Postgraduate diploma in tax
• Tax software experience such as TaxShop or CaseWare

• CPD hours paid by the firm
• Paid controlling body subscription
• Flexible hours outside filing season

• 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.