Personal requirements
- Investigative frame of mind
- Aptitude for figures
- Alert and observant
- Multilingual
- Reliable and totally honest
- Understanding of human behaviour
- Able to work effectively under pressure
How to enter
School Subjects:
Compulsory subjects: Mathematics (only required for a BCom degree)
Recommended subjects: Commercially related subjects such as Accounting, Business Studies, Economics
Students must pass a National Senior Certificate meeting degree requirements for a degree course
In addition, each university has its own Admission Points Score (APS) requirements for each course.
What to study
Degree: BCom, BA, BAdmin with the following subjects: Accounting, Economics, Business Economics. Internal Auditing - Wits, UNISA. Taxation - Monash, UNISA
Diploma: Taxation - CPUT, CUT, DUT and VUT.South African Revenue Service offers in-service training at six different centres throughout the country. Tests and examinations must be completed successfully. Certificates for each course are issued.
Note: To be appointed as a senior tax officer, the applicant must have a CA (SA) or equivalent qualification, plus completed clerkship, as prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Employment
- SA Revenue Service
- self-employment, after qualifying as a CA and gaining relevant experience in tax consulting, possibly with Management Consultants or Auditing Firms, you can set up your own practice as a tax consultant
Getting started
- Try to obtain vacation or part-time work with a tax consultant
- Arrange to speak to tax officials about this type of career and ask permission to observe them at work
CAREER GUIDES
Here's how being a tax official helps to improve the SA economy
The main directorates on Revenue Services are to perform the following tasks within the Department of Finance: collection of taxes, the development of a stable tax structure within the framework of economic circumstances, the creation of local services, as well as the determination of a policy whereby laws pertaining to tax income and other taxes can be interpreted.
Revenue Services offer their officials the opportunity to follow careers as revenue clerks or taxation officers. These are two different occupational classes, each with a distinctive character.
Revenue Clerk: This entails working in Registry and the Cash Office. Salary affairs are edited and enquiries dealt with. These tasks are more complicated than regular clerical work. Revenue clerks must have knowledge of the tax laws.
Tax officer: In many cases the tasks of the officers and clerks are similar. The following functions of the tax officer can be distinguished:
Note: For more information also refer to the alphabetical list of occupations to find the job descriptions of: Accountant, Chartered Accountant, Internal Auditor, Customs & Excise Officer.
Find more career guidance on PACE's GoStudy South Africa website
Personal requirements
How to enter
School Subjects:
Compulsory subjects: Mathematics (only required for a BCom degree)
Recommended subjects: Commercially related subjects such as Accounting, Business Studies, Economics
Students must pass a National Senior Certificate meeting degree requirements for a degree course
In addition, each university has its own Admission Points Score (APS) requirements for each course.
What to study
Degree: BCom, BA, BAdmin with the following subjects: Accounting, Economics, Business Economics. Internal Auditing - Wits, UNISA. Taxation - Monash, UNISA
Diploma: Taxation - CPUT, CUT, DUT and VUT.South African Revenue Service offers in-service training at six different centres throughout the country. Tests and examinations must be completed successfully. Certificates for each course are issued.
Note: To be appointed as a senior tax officer, the applicant must have a CA (SA) or equivalent qualification, plus completed clerkship, as prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Employment
Getting started
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