Tax Manager

The Incumbent will advise staff and clients on tax related issues, research tax information, train staff on tax related matters, process tax queries, liase with SARS and clients, to manage the flow of work and ensure quality delivery of work outputs of tax staff in relation to audits, income tax returns, provisional tax returns, IT14SD’s, Tax Ombud complaints, objections, appeals and Tax Exemption applications.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 with Accounting as a subject
• Tax or other relevant qualification
• Experience in a tax environment
• Registered Tax Practitioner
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, Power Point, Outlook express), GreatSoft, SARS E-Filing
• Working knowledge of Income Tax Act and Tax Administration Act
• Working knowledge of the SARS dispute resolution process
• LexisNexis

Performance Areas (Responsibilities):

• Supervise the Tax Department Staff.
• Oversee the completion of Income Tax returns to ensure compliance and meeting of deadlines
• Completion of complex Income Tax Returns
• Manage the administration of provisional tax, meeting of deadlines and complete billing process
• Oversee the administration of SARS related documentation received, i.e., assessments and other notifications
• Control the input of data thus ensuring an accurate data base
• Quality assure completion of returns
• Quality assure the capturing of data
• Assist and advise staff of matters relating to completion of returns and tax administration
• Assist with tasks where bottlenecks occur in areas of responsibility
• Performing any other task which may be reasonably expected
• Controlling GreatSoft related problems in terms of tax
• Ensure delivery of documents, returns, and payments to SARS at the end of each month.
• Ensure that payments requested from clients are followed up on a regular basis
• Review all assessments checked before signed off by relevant Partners, ensuring that penalities and interest levied by SARS, and balance of accounts are correct.
• Resolve any disputes on assessments and accounts from SARS, relating to Income Tax
• In charge of the complete dispute resolution process and billing thereof
• Supervision of whole billing process via GreatSoft
• Quality assure 10% - 20% of returns before submission via a review process
• Manage the IT 14 SD process and Income Tax Review Process
• Complex queries, tax opinions and other ad-hoc tax related work required by partners
• Weekly SARS visits for update of banking details and taxpayer particulars
• Adhereing and generating additional revenue targets as set by partners

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Consultant: Ariella Eschur

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