Memberships

The Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) designation is the highest of SAIT's tax practitioner designations, as it aims at most experienced tax professionals with a solid accounting/tax/legal/economics background. CTA members are involved in tax advisory or tax litigation of a highly sophisticated nature. Members are involved in tax compliance mainly serve listed companies, multinationals, or long-established family groups.

Moreover, CTA members have specialised skills with respect to the full array of business income taxes, indirect taxes, and large entity pa...

The Master Tax Practitioner (MTP) designation is connected to other careers within the family of accounting, legal and financial service professions but with a distinct focus on taxation. Most Master Tax Practitioners are engaged in tax advisory work or extensive tax controversy work.  Master Tax Practitioners engaged in tax compliance work typically only to prepare and review complex returns of listed entities or very large businesses.

Master Tax Practitioner work covers a range of tax types, including corporate income taxation, value-added taxation, personal income tax...

The General Tax Practitioner (GTP) designation is connected to the family of accounting, legal and other financial service professions but with a distinct focus on taxation. A General Tax Practitioner prepares and reviews tax returns, handles tax disputes and prepares tax opinions.  Most General Tax Practitioners have a compliance focus with tax controversy and advisory services provided in support of compliance work.  General tax practitioner work covers a range of tax types, including corporate income taxation, value-added taxation, personal income taxation and limited work dealing with payroll taxation.

The Tax Technician Practitioner designation mainly requires basic accounting and legal knowledge but with a distinct focus on taxation. A Tax Technician Practitioner prepares and reviews tax returns while handling the early stages of a tax dispute. Most Tax Technician Practitioners work with tax returns of low tax complexity that are required of individual persons as well as small and medium enterprises.  Tax Technician Practitioners work mainly relates to personal and corporate tax returns, but Tax Technician Practitioners may also be involved in payroll taxation and value-added tax.

The Master Customs & Trade Practitioner is responsible for consulting and / or dispute management relating to some or all of the following:

• Customs classification under the Harmonised System,
• Customs valuation under the World Customs Organisation valuation code,
• Rules of origin and preferences under trade agreements,

The General Customs & Trade Practitioner is responsible for consulting and / or dispute management relating to some or all of the following:

• Customs classification under the Harmonised System,
• Customs valuation under the World Customs Organisation valuation code,
• Rules of origin and preferences under preferential trade agreements, and

The Customs Compliance Practitioner is responsible for procedural and operational aspects of imports and exports, including:

• The preparation of documents related to release and clearance on behalf of traders;
• Submission of declarations and other information to Customs and other government agencies;
• Payment of duties and taxes on behalf of traders; samples before the lodging of a Customs declaration; dealing with refunds and adju...

The Tax Adviser (TA) designation is connected to the family of accounting, legal and other financial service professions but with a distinct focus on taxation.  Tax Advisers typically begin their career in a tax subspecialisation, such as international tax, corporate tax and value-added tax.  Many develop the ability of undertaking compliance, tax controversy and advisory within this specialisation.  Others develop a more horizontal experience, understanding compliance, tax controversy or advisory in a series of related tax subspecialities.

The Transfer Pricing Specialist designation is unique specialisation within the field of taxation.  This specialisation requires a mix of skills in accounting, economics, law and general commerce.   Transfer Pricing Specialists engage in compliance, tax disputes and advisory work.  Most Transfer Pricing Specialists focus on compliance and the early stages of tax disputes with much of their efforts directed toward local files and master files.  Transfer Pricing Specialists with a greater emphasis on legal experience tend to focus on tax disputes.  Senior transfer pricing specialists tend to have a greater focus on global supply (and value) chain planning.

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