Director: Policy Costings (Re- Advertisement) at National Treasury

Purpose of the Role

• To provide analysis enabling the calculation of the revenue implications of tax proposals, review tax policies, and support the development and release of key tax publications.

Re-Advertisement, Applicants who applied previously must re-apply.

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Economics or Statistics or Mathematics or Accounting or Taxation;
• 5 years of experience at a middle or senior managerial level obtained in tax or public policy research and tax policy analysis and formulation;
• Knowledge and experience of the broader policy framework on tax revenue and related processes required to formulate the fiscal framework for the annual Budget and Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement; 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

Develop microsimulation models for corporate income tax (CIT), personal income tax (PIT) and value-added tax (VAT):

• Develop excel-based micro simulation models to simulate policy options for Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, and Value Added Tax;
•  Perform regular updating of the micro-simulation models; and
• Use microsimulation models to estimate the revenue and distributional impacts of proposed policy interventions.

Annual tax incentive reviews:

• Assist policy directorates with data and methodological requirements to perform tax incentive reviews, including sourcing relevant data and implementing methodologies to enable the quantitative and qualitative review of tax incentives;
• Engage the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to source and ensure the accuracy and integrity of tax administrative data enabling the review of tax incentives;
• Produce descriptive statistics of the tax administrative to enable policy analysis and review; and
• Publish statistical tables and graphs for tax incentive review documents.

Preparation, publication and development of tax expenditure statement and annual tax review (Tax Statistics
publication):

• Assist with compiling the annual tax review and ensure accuracy and integrity of data. Coordinate inputs from the Tax Policy unit into the publication;
• Provide inputs to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with the compiling of tables and graphs on tax revenue statistical data;
• Conduct research on international tax expenditure reporting and methodological best practices to enhance South Africa’s current reporting;
• Determine data requirements on tax expenditures in conjunction with SARS; and
• Publish statistical tables and graphs for the tax expenditure statement in the annual Budget Review.

Assist directorates with modelling of economic impact and revenue implications of different tax policy proposals:

• Provide analysis to estimate the revenue implications of specific tax proposals;
• Justify and motivate the quantification of economic impacts of various taxes; and
• Produce analytical notes and presentations to illustrate the revenue and economic implications of different tax proposals.