Start Your Tax Career - Become a Tax Article Trainee!
Step-by-Step Pathway
1) Obtain the Required Qualification:
Must have completed an NQF Level 8 qualification, such as a Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation, Accounting, or Law, or an NQF Level 8 Tax Professional Occupational Qualification.
2) Secure Employment with an Accredited Workplace Provider:
Find an employer that is an accredited SAIT Workplace Provider. This is where you’ll complete your three years of tax articles.
3) Apply for Tax Article Trainee Membership:
Complete your membership application with SAIT to start your journey.
4) Complete Tax Articles:
Work for three years in a tax-related role under the supervision of an accredited provider. You’ll be assessed periodically to ensure that you’re gaining the required skills and experience.
5) Pass the SAIT Board Exam:
After completing the articles, take the SAIT Board Exam, which tests your knowledge and competence as a tax professional.
6) Receive a Discharge Letter from your Employer:
With your employers’ endorsement we will welcome you into the tax community.
7) Apply for your SAIT Designation:
Complete the formal application process with our membership department for your desired designation.
8) Receive SAIT Designation:
Upon completion of the above, you will receive your SAIT professional designation, such as Tax Technician Practitioner or Tax Adviser(SA).
Registration for the final Board Assessment
The final Board Assessment (External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) assessment) is administrated in September annually. Registrations close 2 months prior to the assessment and it is recommended that you apply to write the EISA between April and June annually.
Applications
All applications must include the following documents:
- ID Document
- Most recent curriculum vitae (CV)
- Proof of Highest Qualification or Statement of Results from Skills Development Provider (SDP)
- Proof of work experience completion (logbook transcript)
The above-mentioned Statement of Results (SoRs) may only be issued by QCTO accredited Skills Development Providers (SDPs). Each SDP will inform the QCTO that their candidates are competent in all required modules set out by the SAIT curriculum. The QCTO may conduct an EISA readiness visit to the various SDPs and approve the candidate’s readiness to write the EISA.
SAIT appoints Subject Matter Experts for each assessment to develop, review and moderate each assessment held by SAIT. The appointment of these SME’s is managed and approved by the SAIT Assessment Committee. Click, here, to see a summary of the SAIT Assessment Committee.
Our Partners
The trainee work experience is recorded and evaluated on an online automated system (‘logbook’), we partnered with LTS services for this offering. We implement virtual trainee induction sessions upon commencement of the tax article programme which educate the trainee and designated supervisor about the regulations, specifications, and detailed training on the LTS Platform.
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