Experience

PKF Withers Tsang

• New Zealand
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tax Management

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Tael Solutions

• New Zealand
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountant

  • May 2021 - Jun 2021

  • Compile financial information to prepare monthly and annual accounts • Prepare financial management reports • Prepare GST (Goods and Services Tax) and other returns • Review accounting procedures and analyse financial performance of businesses • Compile financial information to prepare monthly and annual accounts • Prepare financial management reports • Prepare GST (Goods and Services Tax) and other returns • Review accounting procedures and analyse financial performance of businesses



Property & Business Accounting

• Ponsonby Auckland

• Tax Accountant

  • Oct 2017 - May 2021

  • Tax compliance (Income Tax/Payroll/GST/Dividend Withholding Tax) • Anti-Money Laundering compliance • Liaising with TMNZ (Tax management New Zealand) regarding tax purchases • Legal research & opinion writing • Maintaining accounting systems • Preparing financial statements / annual accounts / management accounts • Ensuring accuracy of information contained in accounts and financial reports for compliance with statutory requirements / compliance • Advising on purchase and sale of businesses, mergers, capital financing, suspected fraud, insolvency and taxation advice on business structures, plans and operations • Examining operating costs as well as income and expenditure • Companies Office Compliance • Liaising with IRD / ACC / other government agencies to resolve queries or disputes Show less



Fletcher Construction and Fletcher Building

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Temporary assignments

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Project coordinator & admin support • Project coordinator & admin support



Auckland New Zealand

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Looking for new opportunities

  • Jan 2017 - Sep 2017



Altron

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Sep 2014 - Dec 2016

  • Opinion writing on various tax related matters. • Prepare sufficient legal argument in the event of tax disputes.• Sufficient business acumen to apply legislation • Submitted tax rulings as well as remission requests, objections and appeals as part of the dispute resolution process to the Revenue Authority.• Drafting tax risk reports for and attending Audit Committee meetings• Presenting tax workshops as part of the Altron Tax team to the group financial staff on changes in legislation, case law and other technical issues.• Reporting directly to the Group Tax Manager (Public Officer) on the management of tax compliance including dispute resolution and all technical aspects of direct and indirect taxes.• Assisted companies within the group with direct and indirect tax queries and compliance.• Acted as facilitator between group companies and the Revenue Authority.• Liaising with external advisers, auditors and the Revenue Authority as well as the various finance teams in the group to resolve queries.• Participating in tax industry groups/forums. Show less

• • Mar 2007 - Aug 2014

  • Assisted companies with tax queries and provide guidance on tax related matters.• Attending to the submission of objections and appeals to SARS.• Prepare, complete and file corporate tax returns relating to Income Tax, Provisional Tax, STC / Dividends Tax.• Knowledge of the Income Tax, Tax Administration and Value Added Tax Acts and application of the law.• Drafting tax reports and communicating tax risk at Audit Committee meetings.• Responsible for liaising on VAT, PAYE and Income Tax queries with the Revenue Authority• Presenting tax workshops as part of the Altron Tax team to the financial personnel on changes in legislation and tax related issues.• Analysing Research & Development (‘R&D’) expenses and submitting applications to the Department of Science & Technology to apply for the R&D tax incentives.• Summarising learnerships and determining the deductibility of the allowance in terms of the legislation.• Reporting directly to the Group Tax Manager (Public Officer). Show less



South African Revenue Service Large Business Centre (SARS LBC)

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Auditor / Income Tax Specialist - Mining Sector

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2007

  • Assisting tax auditors in the Mining Sector with tax opinions on income tax related issues. • Dealing with tax rulings (request from taxpayers for a decision ). • Attending discussions with National Treasury in relation to legislative changes to the Income Tax Act, specifically relating to mining rehabilitation trusts and the regulations. • Ensuring all taxpayers complied with the Income Tax Act to have a mining rehabilitation trust to rehabilitate the environment afterwards. • Presented workshops to other State Departments on the tax implications of the required rehabilitation trusts and facilitating relationship building between State Departments. • Facilitating internal workshops to discuss and clarify tax related issues in the Mining Sector. • Informing taxpayers and/or their representatives of proposed actions to be taken by SARS. Show less



South African Revenue Service (SARS)

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Auditor

  • Aug 2001 - Sep 2004

  • Planning, investigating, and conducting audits with regard to tax evasion and tax fraud while adhering to the relevant policies, regulations and legislation. • Evaluation and identifying of audit risks from a tax perspective. • Liaising with the taxpayer’s accountants and attorneys as well as the taxpayer himself to collect the relevant documentation and information. • Preparing tax audit reports for review by management. • Raising revised assessments as well as estimated assessments in terms of the legislation. • Informing taxpayers and/or their representatives of proposed actions to be taken by SARS. (The above include VAT, PAYE and Income Tax analysis of companies and Individuals i.e. integrated audits.) Show less