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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Postgraduate Diploma: Taxation

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
12117	Postgraduate Diploma: Taxation
ORIGINATOR
University of Pretoria
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Postgraduate Diploma	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Finance, Economics and Accounting
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	170	Level 7	NQF Level 08	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 091/21	2021-07-01	2023-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The first purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa with specialists in Taxation in order to ensure that the local leadership base of innovative and knowledge-based economic and scholarly activity is widened thereby promoting increased societal and economic productivity.

The second purpose of the qualification is to provide learners with a post graduate-level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in Taxation. This will provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, enhanced marketability and enhanced employability whilst opening up new access routes to additional education and training opportunities, in particular qualification as a Taxation specialist.

The third purpose of the qualification is to redress inequities of the past through the provision distance education to significant numbers of rural Accountants.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Matriculation certificate
First degree
Other:
Matriculation exemption
Mathematics at grade 12 level
Taxation at honours level

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation

Learning outcomes:
Obtain professional and technical skills required in Taxation

Act professionally and ethically

Obtain and assimilate knowledge appropriate to the practice as tax advisor for organisations and institutions.

Maintain continued competence and show an interest in new developments as a lifelong learner.

Critical cross-field outcomes:
Works effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team towards defined outcomes, and where appropriate assumes leadership, applies negotiation and conflict resolution skills and motivates others.

Demonstrate confidence and flexibility in dealing with complex problems in taxation and the application of appropriate knowledge, information and skills to obtain the solution.

Communicates effectively (verbally and in writing) mainly with individuals within organisations at management levels.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Assess and address the information needs of organisation managers and communicate relevant information to managers.
Takes responsibility within own limits of competence. Acts within accepted norms of profession and as set out by the authorities.
Demonstrate appropriate theoretical knowledge to practice as tax advisor.
Assess and address corporate needs in respect of the taxation implication of business decisions.
Latest techniques and philosophies are assimilated into appropriate practice.

Integrated assessment:
Written examinations
Oral examinations
Other:
Group projects
Individual reports
Oral presentations, both as group and individual assignments

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Related qualifications:
M Com (Taxation)
M Com (Financial Management)

M Com (Taxation) serves as an entry point to the related qualification
M Com (Financial Management) serves as an entry point to the related qualification

MODERATION OPTIONS

One or more internal assessors from the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty, University of Pretoria
One or more assessors in the appropriate field of study from another national tertiary educational institution
Or
One or more specialists in the field employed in industry.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Qualifications required:
M Com (Taxation) or equivalent endorsement
LLM (Taxation) or equivalent endorsement

Career experience required:
10 years experience

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	University of Pretoria