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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Recruitment Consultant: M Naicker

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