BONGANI NQOBIZWE GAMEDZE

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• Issuance of Rulings and Provision of Technical Advice from both internal and external stakeholders on International Taxation matters and conducting continuous research on cross-border issues.
• Ensuring Compliance with International Taxation and Customs Standards and International Agreements including the BEPS minimum Standards and various Customs Agreements under the WCO.
• Ensuring client satisfaction by assisting taxpayers with their queries and and ensuring prompt responses and also Contributing to revenue collection through lowering the cost of compliance
• Human Capital Management including the supervision of staff and direct reports. This includes recruitment, coaching and mentoring of staff, change and risk management and conducting of performance reviews.

• Prepare and issue rulings and technical advice on international tax matters so as to assist in taxpayer compliance
• Provide support to the Large Taxpayer Unit - International Transactions Unit within the Domestic Taxes Department on Transfer Pricing and International Taxation matters.
• Continuously research best international practice and developments in legislation to provide the appropriate technical advice to internal and external stakeholders
• Providing technical advice to the Double Taxation Agreements(DTA) Negotiations Team under the Ministry of Finance and providing technical advice on preparations for Eswatini joining international multilateral tax cooperation instruments, (OECD Global Forum, Inclusive Framework and the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters).
• Support the SRA in the provision of technical advice at various engagement levels e.g. Parliament, meetings, etc.
• Prepare responses to MOU requests to the SRA from other state administrative and law enforcement organs for tax related information.

• Providing technical advice to staff members and taxpayers on tax legislation
• Researching and preparing drafts of rulings on the interpretation on areas of tax law including on areas of international taxation to assist in taxpayer compliance
• Provide technical advice to the DTA Negotiations Team in the Ministry of Finance.
• Consideration of DTA reduced rate applications and issuance of rulings
• Consideration of Public Officer applications and the issuance of responses

• Researching and drafting interpretations on areas of domestic tax law to assist in taxpayer compliance
• Drafting Rulings on provisions of tax legislations to enable a better understanding of domestic tax legislation
• Issuing Rulings on Double Taxation Agreement reduced rate applications to enable non-residents to benefit from reduced rates contained in the various DTA Eswatini has entered into
• Attending to objections and appeals directed to the office of the Commissioner General
• Providing technical advice to taxpayers and staff members on tax legislation.

• Enforce import and export controls by ensuring compliance with Customs and Excise Act and Regulations, VAT Act and Regulations and other import and export legislation at the Port of Entry
• Provide assistance in the approval of importation and exportation of goods through customs and to the relevant destinations
• Collect and safeguard collected revenue against assessed declarations in line with legislation and procedures and balance cash collected against issued receipts and generate reports to summarise the revenue collections and hand over collected revenue for safe keeping
• Searching of both passenger and commercial vehicles to ensure maximum revenue collection and compliance with Customs and Excise and other tax laws, and the prevention, control, prohibition and restriction of goods
• Receiving documents from declarants and verify the correctness of declarations, raise and respond to queries raised on lodged declarations as well as responding to general requests for information on clearance requirements
• Review the duties and taxes assessed according to Customs regimes and facilitate recovery of revenue owed on consignments
• Adhere to the identified risk strategies and identify external and internal risk to ensure effective internal operation controls and monitor prohibitions and restrictions set in place by customs laws