Tax topics a trainee chartered accountant should be taught : a survey of perceptions in and outside public practice

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Joubert, B.
Coetzee, Stephen
Oberholzer, Ruanda

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School of Accounting Sciences, University of Pretoria

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This paper presents the results of a survey designed to determine what tax topics are important in the educational background of a trainee accountant entering the training environment in South Africa. These topics were then compared to the 2008 tax syllabus prescribed by SAICA and taught at accredited universities in respect of the 2009 Qualifying Examination. The results indicated that the 2008 syllabus is largely meeting the expectations of respondents both in and outside public practice, although there are a number of topics that the syllabus setters and educators should reconsider when next reviewing and updating the 2008 syllabus and as part of the considerations for the new competency framework.

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Chartered accountant, Survey, South Africa, Tax education, Tax knowledge, TIPP, TOPP, Training environment

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Joubert, B, Coetzee, S & Oberholzer, R 2009, 'Tax topics a trainee chartered accountant should be taught: a survey of perceptions in and outside public practice', Meditari: Accountancy Research, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 15-31. [http://www.meditari.org.za]