We're looking for a Tax Practitioner to handle the full tax compliance cycle for a simulated portfolio of small, owner-managed companies, their directors and shareholders, sole proprietors, and family trusts, from registrations and provisional tax through to annual returns, SARS correspondence, and disputes. Your work becomes the training data and workflow designs that a cutting-edge AI tax system learns from. This is a long-term, permanent role working directly with the founder and an AI partner at the frontier of AI development in tax.
This is not a traditional tax role. Yes, you will be running each simulated client's full tax year to a professional standard. But you will also be documenting the steps, decisions, and judgments behind your work, not just the outputs, and helping design and test the AI workflows that follow your methodology. If you have hands-on SARS eFiling experience across at least two full filing seasons, understand the South African tax compliance cycle end to end, and have a genuine interest in breaking tax work into clear, teachable steps for AI to follow, this role is a strong fit.
Why You'll Want to Join
You will be paid in USD (bi-monthly: every 15th and 30th)
Paid Time Off in accordance with company policy
Observance of Holidays per company guidelines
100% remote setup so you can work wherever you're most productive
Own a simulated client portfolio and work alongside an AI partner from day one
Long-term, permanent role at the cutting edge of AI development in tax where your judgment directly shapes the AI that tax practitioners will use
What You'll Work On
Tax Returns
Prepare individual tax returns (ITR12) including capital gains, collecting IRP5s, IT3 certificates, medical aid and retirement annuity certificates, travel logbooks, and rental schedules, and check auto-assessments before accepting them
Complete company tax returns (ITR14) from the signed AFS and the AFS Accountant's tax computation including small business corporation and assessed loss positions
Estimate taxable income for company provisional tax (IRP6) for the first and second periods and plan top-up payments to avoid underestimation penalties
Estimate taxable income for individual provisional tax (IRP6) for owners and sole proprietors and advise on third top-up payments
Prepare dividends tax returns (DTR01) and payments when clients declare dividends and confirm exemption declarations
Identify donations above the annual exemption and prepare IT144 returns and payments
Prepare IT3(t) submissions and ITR12T trust returns and track distributions and vesting to beneficiaries
SARS Administration
Reconcile EMP201 payments to payroll for interim and annual periods and issue IRP5 and IT3(a) certificates (EMP501)
Handle one-off client requests including tax numbers, notices of registration, copies of assessments, statements, and confirmation letters
Maintain eFiling profiles, practitioner mandates, banking details, and registered particulars; reconcile statements of account; follow up refunds; and obtain Tax Compliance Status PINs
Draft objections and appeals, requests for suspension of payment and penalty remission requests, and track each to outcome
Respond to SARS verifications and audits with complete supporting documents, working with the AFS Accountant on relevant records, and submit requests for correction
Register clients for income tax, provisional tax, PAYE, SDL, UIF, and VAT including mandatory and voluntary VAT registration
Update registered representatives and public officers with SARS when directors change
Register clients as importers or exporters with SARS Customs and keep customs details current
Request instalment payment arrangements for tax debts and track client compliance
Deregister dormant clients from income tax, PAYE, and VAT with SARS and file CIPC deregistration once tax affairs are in order
Portfolio and Deadline Management
Keep a deadline calendar for every client covering filing season dates, provisional tax…