This vacancy has closed. It closed on 6 July 2026 and is kept here for reference only.

ECONOMIST: POLICY COSTINGS

Department of Cooperative Governance

Division: Tax and Financial Sector Policy (TFSP)

Reference number: S080/2026
Salary: R605 742 per annum, (Excl. benefits)
Centre: Pretoria
Province: Gauteng
Closing date: 6 July 2026
Circular: No 21 of 2026

Requirements

A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s. degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Economics or Accounting or Finance or Information Systems. A minimum of 3 years’ experience obtained within a tax/ tax data revenue management environment. Knowledge of the broader tax policy framework. knowledge and experience of data dissemination and integrity.

Duties

Develop micro simulation models for corporate income tax (CIT), personal income tax (PIT) and value-added tax (VAT): Assist with the development of excel-based micro simulation models to simulate policy options for PIT, CIT, and VAT. Assist with regular updating of the micro-simulation models. Assist with use of micro simulation 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. 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. Assist with conducting research on international tax expenditure reporting and methodological best practices to enhance South Africa’s current reporting. Assist with the determination of data requirements on tax expenditures in conjunction with SARS. Assist with the publishing of 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: Assist with analysis estimating the revenue implications of specific tax proposals. Justify and motivate the quantification of economic commonness of various taxes.

Where to send your application

To apply visit: https://erecruitment.treasury.gov.za/eRecruitment

Enquiries

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

Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 21 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 19 June 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 9 September 2026.

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