VAT Specialist (Import and Export)

How2Apply Talent Network
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
Temporary
Posted 1 day ago
Temporary Finance & Accounting
R26 750 – R34 500/month
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Job Description

A financial planning practice in Umhlanga needs a tax practitioner who knows eFiling inside out. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Umhlanga (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

What your day looks like

  • Keep client tax files complete for five years
  • Apply for tax clearance and tax compliance status PINs
  • Register clients for income tax, VAT and PAYE
  • Draft objections and appeals with supporting schedules
  • Check SARS assessments and flag errors to clients

Must-haves

  • At least 2 years of SARS eFiling experience
  • Comfortable handling tax season overtime
  • Registered tax practitioner with a recognised controlling body such as SAIT or SAIPA
  • Neat, careful and organised with client documents
  • Clear writing for SARS letters and objections

Extra points for

  • Postgraduate diploma in tax
  • Customs and excise knowledge for import-export clients

What's in it for you

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

Applying, step by step

  1. Read the "What you need" list above. If you tick most of it, go ahead and apply.
  2. Keep copies of these ready to send: certified tax or accounting qualification, proof of registration as a tax practitioner plus your own tax compliance status PIN, as firms check it.
  3. Fill in the short form below with your name and a phone number you actually answer.
  4. If you're shortlisted you'll hear from us within 8 working days, usually by phone.

Your application joins the How2Apply talent pool for this role, and we put shortlisted people forward to employers hiring in and around Umhlanga.

Applying is free. Nobody from How2Apply will ever ask you to pay for anything to get this job.

Before you hit apply

  • 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.

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Job details
SalaryR26 750 – R34 500/month
Job TypeTemporary
LocationUmhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
CategoryFinance & Accounting
Experience4+ years
Posted13 November 2026
Closing Date14 December 2026
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