Cape Town City Centre: Tax Practitioner

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Tax Practitioner to join our team in Cape Town City Centre. As a permanent employee, you will be responsible for providing expert tax advice and support to clients, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out detailed and accurate computations to calculate tax liabilities and tax returns, including both complex and simple returns.
• Collate, sort, and process financial information concerning tax calculations, preparation of tax schedules, and drawing calculations.
• Submit all tax-related returns, documents, reconciliations, and self-assessments accurately, and correspond with clients to provide feedback on tax affairs, assessments, and payments by relevant deadlines.
• Compile management statements, annual financial statements, and other statistical, financial, and accounting reports.
• Draft all working papers required for the Annual Financial Statements and interpret, evaluate, and report on the AFS.
• Deal with client queries regarding bookkeeping, Annual Financial Statements, Management Statements, tax, income distributions, and related matters.
• Manage the administration of Income Tax, Provisional Tax, Employees Tax, Value-Added Tax, Dividend Tax, and Estate Planning.
• Correspond with SARS on behalf of clients on various matters, including objections, appeals, Alternative Dispute Resolution hearings, and other consultations across all tax types.
• Stay up to date with changes in tax laws and regulations.
• Train and support team members to ensure client tax compliance requirements are met to the high standards set by the firm.
• Assist with the billing process via accounting and practice software, including maintaining accurate timesheets.
• Perform any other reasonable work instructions or tasks, adhering to and contributing toward revenue targets.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification with at least 5 years practical tax and accounting experience in an accounting, audit, or financial firm
• Minimum of 5 years experience with SARS eFiling, Draftworx, Sage Accounting (Sage One), and/or Xero
• Registered tax practitioner and/or completion of 3-year SAIPA or SAICA articles (advantageous)
• Strong technical knowledge of: International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-Sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs), Companies Act, Income Tax Act, Tax Administration Act, VAT, PAYE, and other SARS regulations, including the SARS dispute resolution process

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications. If NONE mentioned, SKIP this entire section.

Salary & Benefits

• R35 000.00 – R37 000.00 per annum (Salary range)
• Flexible working hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00 to 17:00