Our Experts

7 Tax Experts at Your Fingertips!

Meet the team of 7 experts who will make your job easier when you order your trial copy of the Practical Tax Loose Leaf Service.

Ettiene Retief

Ettiene Retief is in the SARS Commissioner’s little red phone book! With over a decade of experience consulting to businesses and individuals in South Africa, Ettiene is truly a specialist. His background in the interpretation and application of tax law sets him apart from the rest.

Ettiene is a partner at Financial Tax & Remuneration Services (FTR Services). He holds membership of the Institute of Directors, South African Institute of Professional Accountants. He is also Chairperson of the Tax Technical Committee of South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA).

Antonie Goosen

Antonie’s passion for tax solutions prompted him to found the company, www.tax-advisory-service.com. And for 17 years before that, he worked as a SARS official. As part of his portfolio, Antonie was involved in the investigation of tax avoidance, so he knows a great deal about tax law precedents and tax loopholes.
Who better to get your affairs in order with SARS?

Peter O’Halloran

Peter is an advocate and Executive at BDO Spencer Steward in Botswana. With a Master’s degree in tax already in his back pocket (and a Doctoral thesis in the works), Peter has extensive knowledge of taxation. Just add his 17 years experience in tax and estate planning, and it’s easy to see why Peter is a tax structuring and litigation guru.

Andre van Staden

Andre already has a Masters in tax law, but continues his studies in the field. This specialist, whose decade of experience in taxation, is solutions-driven.  With a focus on correct remuneration structures and intelligent payroll solutions, Andre is an expert in sound corporate governance and legislative compliance.

Anthony van Zantwijk

With an LLM (Tax), Anthony is a specialist in intellectual property (IP) commercialisation. He has consulted to both Treasury and SARS on the taxation of IP, and continues to break ground in this very complex and dynamic area of tax.

Anthony is a partner at Sibanda & Zantwijk and a fellow of the Institute of Intellectual Property Law.

Jackie Arendse

Jackie has an H Dip Tax Law (Wits) and M Comm (Tax) (KZN) and is a Visiting Associate Professor at Wits University. She’s currently in private practice specialising in tax training and consulting, and has helped thousands of South African firms get to grips with their tax challenges. But it doesn’t stop there for this dynamic tax guru.

Jackie is also the former Project Director of Tax at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and now serves on the Board of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, serving as the Chair for their National Technical Committee. She’s also a member of the Education Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.  With credentials like these, it’s easy to see why she’s the industry doyenne.

Peter Franck

Editor-in-chief of the Practical Vat Loose Leaf Service. Peter is tax consultant in the private sector and a Vat consultant to the East African office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Peter was integrally involved in the introduction of Vat in South Africa. He worked at SARS for many years and was also a regular speaker at BPS Seminars.