Tax Compliance Officer

Our Audit and Accounting client is seeking a **Tax Compliance Officer** to join their team in Durbanville.

**Salary**: R25 000 - R35 000 per Month

**Requirements**:

- BCom degree
- Completion of articles (SAIPA/SAICA) would be advantageous
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a tax compliance environment
- Registered tax practitioner would be advantageous
- Effective organisation of daily tasks (time management, planning, administration and reporting skills)
- Consistently complete Income Tax Returns correctly and accurately.
- Technical knowledge related to job, i.e. knowledge of South African Income Tax
- Ability to train trainee accountants and audit/accounting staff
- Experience dealing with SARS
- Experience working with ProfSoft
- Experience in dealing with the Tax Ombud
- Experience with medium to large company taxpayers
- Experience with Expat tax
- Valid driver’s licence and reliable transport
- Fluent in English and Afrikaans

**Responsibilities**:

- Complete/Review Income Tax returns, based on financial statements generated by the Audit and Accounting Departments.
- Complete/Review Individual Income Tax returns, based on the necessary information obtained from clients including the drafting of statements of assets and liabilities, capital reconciliations and tax computations.
- Complete Income tax returns for deceased estates.
- Attach all necessary documentary proof to the completed Income Tax returns, so as to eliminate unnecessary queries and revised assessments from SARS.
- Complete Income Tax returns, forward to clients for signature, and lodge returns with SARS within the shortest possible turnaround time, all other constraints considered, so as to ensure that submission deadlines are met.
- Attend to queries from SARS relating to Income Tax returns completed including, but not limited to, uploading of supporting documents to SARS in response to notifications issued.
- Monitor the submission of returns for the relevant partner(s) ensuring that returns which can be submitted are submitted timeously.
- Applications to SARS for registration of clients, where required.
- Calculating third and additional top-up payments when required.
- Controlling general administration of key duties and responsibilities.
- Performing any other tasks relating to the completion of Income Tax returns, which may be reasonably expected.
- Review of assessments as issued by SARS to confirm accuracy or to identify need for a dispute.
- Preparation and submission of disputes or appeals to SARS, as well as following up on the status of submissions made to SARS.
- Prepare client billings for your client base within the monthly deadlines set.
- Attend to all requests from SARS on queries relating to our clients.
- Comply with all internal deadlines set.
- Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of tax amendments and legislation.
- Assisting with client queries immediately.
- Assisting partners, managers & clerks with any tax related matters as assigned to you.
- Maintaining timesheets daily.
- Accurate and timeous data capturing and record keeping on ProfSoft, tax inbox and tax query list
- Follow up and finalisation of disputes as initiated with SARS.
- Maintain sound administrative control over deadlines for disputes and other SARS submissions to ensure all correspondence addressed within prescribed time frame.

**Salary**: R25,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Durbanville, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- tax compliance environment: 3 years (required)
- dealing with SARS: 1 year (required)
- ProfSoft: 1 year (required)
- dealing with the Tax Ombud: 1 year (required)
- Expat tax: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- Fluent in Afrikaans (required)