EISA Preparation Courses

Course overview

The preparation course will prepare candidates to demonstrate the required level of competence in the EISA in the following occupational tasks:

• Registering a taxpayer and finalising income tax, payroll tax and VAT returns.
• Reviewing or auditing tax balances.
• Mediating tax disputes.
• Writing tax opinions.

The preparation course has been developed by former EISA examiners, markers and moderators and has been designed in phases as follows:

Fundamentals and compliance phase

Knowledge summaries will be provided to course participants in order to recap the core principles of each topic. Participants will be encouraged to integrate knowledge and practice the application of knowledge by working through past EISA papers and other case studies. This ensures that gaps in knowledge are identified and addressed. Various releases of practice question packs and past papers are scheduled throughout the course.

Integration and advisory phase

In this phase, the focus is on integrating knowledge in advisory and controversy questions. Detailed guidance will be provided to course participants on the methodology, exam technique and best practice to apply in these questions. Course participants will be required to complete and submit advisory and controversy questions as part of this phase. Submissions will be marked and feedback provided by markers on improvements necessary. Learning is supported through online videos, simulations and study guides.

A compulsory mock exam will be scheduled for all course participants. The mock exam is a two-day event and simulated under the EISA exam conditions. The mock exam is marked and individualised feedback provided. Each candidate will receive one-on-one feedback on their problem areas, knowledge gaps identified by markers, suggestions on exam technique improvements necessary.

Q&A support

Throughout the course, participants will have the opportunity to post any questions in a Q&A forum and answers will be provided by experienced lecturers timeously. Participants will also be invited to live virtual Q&A webinars where the opportunity is given for questions to be answered real-time.

Mode of delivery

The academic and practical skills component of this preparatory course is delivered on The Tax Faculty's virtual iLearnTax campus via integrated diagnostics, tailored online learning, virtual classroom interventions, live lecturers, mock exams and specific individual feedback. The final EISA exam is administered by the South African Institute of Taxation (SAIT) at an additional charge.

Admission requirements

This course is specifically for participants writing the upcoming Tax Professional EISA exam. Participants need to have achieved their knowledge, practical and workplace competencies in order to register for the Tax Professional EISA exam. It is important for participants to ensure that they are eligible to write the EISA exam, meeting all knowledge, practical and workplace competencies.

Flexible payment options

Payment option 1: Once-off payment

R7 200.00 (incl. VAT).

Payment option 2: Debit order

Application fee (non-refundable): R450.00 (incl. VAT).

Three instalments: R2 600.00 per month (incl. VAT).

Total for debit order option: R7 800.00 (incl. VAT).
*Debit orders will be collected on the course start date (1 March 2022). Remaining debit orders will be collected on the first working day of each month.

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Payments and cancellations

• All required minimum payments must be made by direct EFT or by credit card before the commencement of a course. The once-off payment is required to be paid before the course start date, as well as the application fee of learners on a debit order plan (the first debit order is also required on the start date of the course).
• Kindly note that should debit order payment terms not be adhered to; legal action will be taken and access to the online learning platform suspended.
• Proof of payment may also be requested before access to the iLearn platform will be communicated, should your payment not reflect on The Tax Faculty’s bank account.
• Only written notice of cancellation will be accepted.

Conditions

For all short learning programmes (SLPs) with a seven-month or less rollout period, the following will apply:

• If the cancellation is requested more than 10 working days prior to the course start date, no cancellation fee will be applicable.
• If the cancellation occurs less than 10 working days prior to the course start date, a 100% cancellation fee will be applicable.
• Students who register for a course and fail to attend will be held liable for the full course fee.
• The course application fee is non-refundable.
• The Tax Faculty’s liability in the case of a course being cancelled will be limited to a refund of the course fee.