Director: Policy Costings

Division: Tax And Financial Sector Policy (TFSP) Purpose: To provide analysis enabling the calculation of the revenue implications of tax proposals, review tax policies, and support the development and release of key tax publications.

Requirements:
A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Economics or Statistics or Mathematics or Accounting or Taxation. 5 years of experience at a middle/senior managerial level obtained in tax or public policy research and tax policy analysis and formulation. Knowledge and experience of the broader policy framework on tax revenue and related processes required to formulate the fiscal framework for the annual Budget and Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment.

Duties:
Develop microsimulation models for corporate income tax (CIT), personal income tax (PIT) and value-added tax (VAT): Develop excel-based micro simulation models to simulate policy options for Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, and Value Added Tax. Perform regular updating of the micro-simulation models. Use microsimulation models to estimate the revenue and distributional impacts of proposed policy interventions. Annual tax incentive reviews: Assist policy directorates with data and methodological requirements to perform tax incentive reviews, including sourcing relevant data and implementing methodologies to enable the quantitative and qualitative review of tax incentives. Engage the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to source and ensure the accuracy and integrity of tax administrative data enabling the review of tax incentives. Produce descriptive statistics of the tax administrative to enable policy analysis and review. Publish statistical tables and graphs for tax incentive review documents. Preparation, publication and development of tax expenditure statement and annual tax review (Tax Statistics publication): Assist with compiling the annual tax review and ensure accuracy and integrity of data. Coordinate inputs from the Tax Policy unit into the publication. Provide inputs to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with the compiling of tables and graphs on tax revenue statistical data. Conduct research on international tax expenditure reporting and methodological best practices to enhance South Africa’s current reporting. Determine data requirements on tax expenditures in conjunction with SARS. Publish statistical tables and graphs for the tax expenditure statement in the annual Budget Review. Assist directorates with modelling of economic impact and revenue implications of different tax policy proposals: Provide analysis to estimate the revenue implications of specific tax proposals. Justify and motivate the quantification of economic impacts of various taxes. Produce analytical notes and presentations to illustrate the revenue and economic implications of different tax proposals.

Enquiries: enquiries only (No applications): Recruitment.Enquries@treasury.gov.za

Reference number: S013/2026 (Re-advertisement)