Our client is seeking a Tax Compliance Supervisor to join their team.
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 or eligibility to be registered.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to interpret and apply the Income Tax Act, Tax Administration Act, and VAT Act for various tax-related projects.
- Liaising with SARS (proven track record of SARS appointments).
- Strong knowledge of tax compliance processes.
- Fair competency concerning the interpretation of tax law.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express).
- GreatSoft.
- SARS E-Filing.
- Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act and Tax Administration Act.
- Working knowledge of the SARS dispute resolution process.
- LexisNexis (A fair understanding would be advantageous).
Responsibility: - Assist in the supervision of the tax department staff.
- Assist tax manager and compliance officers with completing complex Income Tax Returns.
- Assist the tax manager with the administration of provisional tax and meeting deadlines.
- Assist with monitoring the whole dispute resolution process, including drafting objections, appeals, complaints, and Tax Ombud complaints.
- Consulting and advising clients with basic tax queries.
- Assist with preparing and reviewing complex tax calculations and returns on behalf of clients (companies and individuals).
- Assist the tax manager with completing the initial SARS response letters and ensure that all deadlines are adhered to.
- Communicate 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.
- Assisting 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.
- Assisting 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 their preparation.
- SARS liaison for the resolution of complex tax queries.
- SARS visits to update banking details, taxpayer particulars, and other queries.
- SARS appointments for all the directors.
- Ensure that all establishment directors' tax queries and compliance matters 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.
- 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.
Salary: Market-related.