Tax assistant – Benoni at BVSA Chartered Accountants & Financial Services

Tax assistant needed

We are looking for someone to join our dynamic tax department to assist (but not limited to) with the following:

Individual tax submissions ITR12, this included:

• Requesting for documents from individuals
• Understanding what documents are required by SARS and the format they should be in for example the requirement of a logbook
• Preparing rental schedules
• Preparing business income schedule
• Understanding the basic calculations of capital gains tax
• A basic understanding of exempt income vs taxable income
• Preparing assets and liabilities schedule and have a basic understanding of reconciling this schedule
• Able to prepare the ITR12 for submission

Company tax submissions ITR14 this includes:

• Having a basic understanding of the financial statements and tax computation
• Able to prepare the ITR14 for submission
• Inspecting the assessments and highlighting differences
• Basic understanding of the objection and appeal process and assist with preparing the documents
• Request for remission of penalties
• Following up on refunds with SARS
• Uploading of supporting documents to SARS for the verification/audit process
• Update efiling profiles and RAV01 forms as well as facilitating SARS appointments

The successful candidate must be able to:

• Work under pressure
• Ability to work independently
• Be deadline driven
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records
• Have a minimum of  3 years experience in a tax department
• Must have knowledge of Greatsoft and be able to process all the above on Greatsoft
• Be a team player
• Understands the SARS policies and procedures