Job Position: Tax Compliance Supervisor / Manager

Ref: 4952

Location: PE/Gqeberha

Salary: CTC commensurate with experience and qualification

Email your updated CV to recruit@onlinepersonnel.co.za

Qualifications / Requirements:

  • Grade 12 with Accounting as a subject
  • Tax or other relevant qualifications with a decent track record of work experience (5 years)
  • Experience in a tax environment is essential
  • Registered Tax Practitioner/SAIT or eligibility to be registered

Skills:

  • Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Client Service skills
  • Training skills
  • Numeric skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Delegation skills
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Writing skills

Competencies:

  • Computer literacy
  • Ability to interpret and apply the Income Tax Act, Tax Administration Act and VAT Act for various tax related projects
  • Ability to work meticulously with minimum supervision

Experience:

  • General administrative experience
  • Liaising with SARS (proven track record of SARS appointments)
  • Strong knowledge of tax compliance processes
  • Fair competency with regard to the interpretation of tax law
  • Supervisory experience
  • Interpretation of tax laws and regulations
  • Experience with the Tax Ombud processes
  • Experience with:
  • Consultation/preparation/submission of non-residency applications
  • Consultation/preparation and submission of exempt applications
  • Completion and submission of income tax returns for Companies, Trusts and Individuals
  • Reviewing of income tax assessments for Companies, Trusts, and Individuals
  • Preparation, completion, and submission of notice of objections and appeals when required
  • Application for reduced assessments in terms of the Tax Administration Act
  • Requesting SARS to remit various penalties for various entities and tax types
  • Submission and follow-up of requests for reasons when SARS issues assessments without clarification
  • Attending to various registrations – Income tax, VAT, PAYE, Customs (import and export), NPO, PBO, Turnover Tax, Estate Late, Bodies Corporates, and Homeowners’ Associations
  • Re-registrations – Income Tax, VAT, PAYE
  • Manage requests for dormant companies
  • Preparation of tax computations for individuals and trusts
  • Calculation, completion, and submission of provisional, income, and dividend tax returns
  • Application for tax clearance certificates
  • Application for various tax directives
  • Preparation and requesting of relevant supporting documents required including attending to mandatory SARS appointment
  • Preparation and requesting of relevant supporting documents to appoint or update the Public Officer
  • Attending to various SARS correspondence/queries/verifications for companies and trusts
  • Manage SARS applications relating to Application to SARS when an individual has ceased to be an SA tax resident, attending to SARS’ queries and calculation of possible deemed CGT
  • Attend to e-mail and telephone queries to and from clients
  • Administration of e-filing and attending to the upkeep of clients’ e-filing profiles
  • Preparation, completion, and submission of IRP5 reconciliations
  • Upkeeping of tax database
  • Tax invoicing
  • Perform new client take-on procedures

Required Computer Packages:

  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, 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 (A fair understanding would be advantageous)

Key Performance Areas:

  • Assist in the supervision of the tax department staff
  • Supervise the tax department employees (Manager)
  • Manage the administration of provisional tax, meeting deadlines and the complete billing process (Manager)
  • Control the input of data thus ensuring an accurate database (Manager)
  • Assist Tax Manager and compliance officers with the completion of complex Income Tax Returns
  • Assist the Tax Manager with the administration of provisional tax and meeting deadlines
  • Assist with the monitoring of the whole dispute resolution process, including drafting objections, appeals, complaints and the Tax Ombud complaints
  • Consulting and advising clients with basic tax queries
  • Assist with the preparation and review of complex tax calculations and returns on behalf of clients (companies and individuals)
  • Assist the Tax Manager with the initial completion of SARS response letters and ensure that all deadlines are adhered to
  • Responsible for communicating the refund list to the partners
  • Oversee the administration of SARS-related documentation received, i.e., assessments and other SARS notifications
  • Assist and advise compliance officers of matters relating to the completion of returns and tax administration
  • Assist compliance officers with GreatSoft-related problems in terms of tax
  • Provisional tax runs monthly and SARS Provisional Tax queries
  • Controlling Greatsoft-related problems in terms of tax
  • Ensure the delivery of documents, returns, and payments to SARS at the end of each month
  • Ensure that payments requested from clients are regularly followed up on
  • Assist Tax Manager to ensure that all lists are updated and followed up by compliance officers monthly and sent to each partner – refunds, payments, disputes, and tax returns
  • Assist with resolving any disputes on assessments and accounts from SARS, relating to Income Tax
  • Assist with tax exemption applications and the preparation thereof
  • SARS liaison for the resolution of complex tax queries
  • SARS visits for updating of banking details and taxpayer particulars and other queries
  • SARS appointments for all the Directors
  • Ensure that all tax queries and compliance matters for the directors of the company are logged and the progress thereof monitored
  • Responsible for the SAIT learners and their relevant training
  • Monthly meetings with the tax manager to report on the progress of all tax-related matters
  • Collaborate with the Tax Ombud to address taxpayer complaints and ensure fair treatment and compliance with tax laws and regulation (Manager)
  • Oversee tax compliance, strategy and reporting to optimise financial outcomes and mitigate risks for the organisation (Manager)
  • Ensure team members meet with respective Directors on unsubmitted lists
  • Compliance with the firm’s System of Quality Management (SOQM), policies and procedures
  • Compliance with the firm’s Employee Code of Conduct which consists of the firm’s HR policies, SAICA, IRBA and IESBA Codes of Conduct