Chief Director: Tax Legislative Drafting at National Treasury

Salary Level: 14

Salary: R1,494,900.00 - R1,787,328.00 per annum (All-Incl.)

Reference No: S120/2025

Purpose of the Role

• Oversee drafting and scrutiny of all tax and other revenue legislation and its legislative processes, including stakeholder engagement, comments on draft legislation impacting on all revenue legislation and advising on the interpretation of revenue legislation.

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Law or LLB (equivalent to NQF level 7);
• A relevant qualification at NQF level 8;
• A postgraduate qualification/ LLM in Tax law and completion of a legislative drafting course will be an added advantage;
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience at a senior managerial level obtained in legislative drafting and other documents and the broader legal environment. Knowledge and experience in constitutional law and interpretation of statues;
• Experience in the Executive’s and Parliament’s processes for considering draft legislation; and 
• Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment.

Key Performance Areas

Oversee Drafting and Scrutiny of Tax and other Revenue Legislation:

• Oversee and develop key design measures for the drafting of new and amendment tax and other revenue legislation and oversee and draft the legislation;
• Manage the scrutinization of draft revenue legislation prepared by another institution (e.g. SARS);
• Following the stakeholder consultation, oversee the drafting of, and draft, resultant amendments to draft revenue legislation;
• Oversee the editing and document control of legislative documents for sound and clear revenue legislation; and 
• Ensure the facilitation of the translation of draft tax and other revenue Bills into another official language.

Manage Revenue Legislative Process Engagement:

• Lead in the stakeholder consultation engagements on legal aspects;
• Manage the coordination of drafting inputs from key stakeholders, e.g. SARS and tax practitioners;
• Ensure the facilitation of the scrutiny of draft revenue legislation by the Office of the Chief State Law Adviser (Department of Justice & Constitutional Development) and liaising with Parliamentary Legal Advisers;
• Oversee engagement schedule on drafting co-ordination within the National Treasury, Executive and Parliament; and
• Lead the Parliamentary process on tax and other revenue Bills on legal aspects. 

Oversee Drafting and Scrutiny of Legal Instruments issued under Tax and other Revenue Legislation, and Comment on draft Legislation having implications for Revenue Legislation:

• Oversee the drafting of, and draft, regulations, notices and other legal instruments to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance;
• Oversee the scrutiny of, and scrutinise, regulations, notices and other legal instruments to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance prepared by other institutions (e.g. SARS);
• Ensure the alignment of the editing and document control of legislative documents for the legal instrument to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance; and
• Co-ordinate and provide inputs on draft legislation, having implications for tax and other revenue legislation, initiated by other national departments submitted to the National Treasury for input.

Supervise Interpretation of Tax and other Revenue Legislation:

• Oversee advice, and advise, on the interpretation of tax and other revenue legislation to internal and external stakeholders; 
• Oversee liaison, and liaise, with other units in National Treasury or another institution that should be consulted on interpretation; and
• Oversee the facilitation of opinions on interpretation of tax and other revenue legislation from Office of the Chief State Law Advisers or private legal practitioners.