Nico Theron

Experience

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  RE Financial Services CC

  Nov 2008 - Dec 2010

  Tax Consultant

  Corporate and individual tax compliance and consulting

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  PKF (JHB)/ Grant Thornton (JHB)

  Oct 2010 - May 2014

  Assistant Tax Manager

  Tax opinions (income tax and VAT)Corporate Tax accrual reviews;Corporate tax ruling applications (ATR's and non-binding private opinions);Tax dispute resolution;Tax elements of corporate restructuring;Various tax advice to large corporate clients;

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  Tax Consulting South Africa

  Jun 2014 - Mar 2017

  Partner

  Nico holds a Legal Degree as a well as a Master’s Degree in South African and International Tax Law and is registered as a Master Tax Practitioner at the South African Institute for tax professionals. Nico is at the very forefront of tax law and recognised industry expert presenting regular tax law training to other tax professionals, is regularly quoted in the media and often publish articles in tax literature. He has an impeccable track record at resolving disputes on both issues of substantive tax law, saved taxpayers millions in undue taxes, penalties and interest through the tax dispute resolution process as well as procedural tax law in favour of both individual as well as corporate taxpayers. Show less

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  Unicus Tax Specialists SA

  Apr 2017 - now

  Founder

  After leaving a tax consulting firm in 2017, Nico Theron (author of Practical Guide to Handling Tax Disputes) founded Unicus Tax Specialists SA on the core principle that clients want top-class tax advice and strategic, but practical solutions that actually adds constructive value to their business. We have secured payment by SARS of millions in unlawfully withheld refunds, have a 100% win rate on tax disputes we take on against SARS, have a 100% VDP success rate, have saved taxpayers millions in undue taxes and tax penalties and have resolved and continue to resolve issues with SARS where other practitioners were unable to secure resolution. Show less