Job Description

One of South Africa's largest mid-tier auditing firms is looking for a Tax Compliance Officer to join their team at their Bellville OR Stellenbosch office.
Duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Completion and submission of income tax returns for companies, trusts, and individuals.
• Reviewing of income tax assessments of 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 corporate, 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 and dividend tax returns. Application for tax clearance certificates.
• Application for various tax directives.
• Attending SARS appointments when necessary and preparing and uploading relevant supporting documents as required for the appointment.
• Preparation and requesting relevant supporting documents to appoint or update a public officer.
• Attending to various SARS correspondence/queries/verifications.
• Manage SARS applications relating to when an individual has ceased to be a 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 on Greatsoft.
• Tax invoicing.
• Perform new client take-on procedures.

Requirements:
Tertiary qualification in Taxation Registered tax practitioner (advantageous)
Previous experience working within an audit/accounting firm Computer Literate (MSOffice; SARS EFiling; GreatSoft)
Good communication skills Bilingual (Afrikaans and English)
Valid driver's licence and own vehicle.

Skills Required