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  • EMS tops the local 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject

    Posted on March 09, 2017

    This year's edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject was published on 8 March 2017. The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa for Accounting and Finance, and placed in the 151–200 band (the top 4% of all participating institutions worldwide).

  • Dr Marius van Oordt wins Tax Thesis Competition

    Posted on October 20, 2016

    Dr Marius van Oordt, a Senior Lecturer with the African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria, has been announced as the 2016 winner in the doctoral category of the national Tax Thesis Competition.

  • Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

    Posted on September 20, 2016

    The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

  • JSE CEO discusses recent trends in financial markets

    Posted on August 11, 2016

    Ms Nicky Newton-King, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), addressed students and staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on 4 August 2016, as part of the EMS Talk series.

  • Tax students network with future employers

    Posted on August 02, 2016

    Student society Tax@Tuks held its annual networking event on 26 July 2016, where students could network with potential future employers, personally hand in their CVs to firm representatives and learn more about career opportunities.

  • Top tax debate learners visit UP as prospective students

    Posted on July 26, 2016

    The top three learners of this year's Lesotho high schools debate competition visited the University of Pretoria in June 2016 to get a clear perspective on the alternative career routes on offer, as well as the facilities available at UP.

  • High-level tax conference held at UP

    Posted on July 26, 2016

    A high-level conference held at the University of Pretoria earlier this month, brought together more than 150 delegates from an estimated 25 countries and international organisations to discuss measures that could be adopted by African countries to more effectively counter money laundering, tax...

  • New head appointed in the Department of Taxation

    Posted on March 10, 2016

    Prof Theuns Steyn has been appointed as Head of the Department of Taxation, with effect from 1 March 2016.

  • Commercii Quiz Night

    Posted on March 08, 2016

    On the 18th of February, Commercii hosted our first quiz night for all BCom students at Oom Gerts.

  • Taxation boasts numerous publications

    Posted on December 03, 2015

    Prof Theuns Steyn of the Department of Taxation distinguished himself as an author of note by recently adding his name to three publications.

  • Tax@Tuks rewarded for raising tax awareness and promoting leadership

    Posted on November 10, 2015

    Tax@Tuks, the official society for Taxation students at the University of Pretoria, received four prestigious awards at the Commercii year-end function in.

  • UP master's student wins Tax Thesis Competition

    Posted on October 20, 2015

    Innovative thinking by leaders and up-and-coming talent in the tax field was celebrated and recognised at the national Tax Thesis Competition awards function that was held at Norton Rose Fulbright's Office in Sandton on 8 October 2015. Lara Theron, a student in UP's Department of Taxation, won...

  • Judge Bernard Ngoepe visits the University of Pretoria

    Posted on October 14, 2015

    Judge Bernard Ngoepe from the Office of the Tax Ombud visited the University of Pretoria yesterday (13 October) to talk about the impact of this office on taxpayers and to assess the first full annual report of this Office, which was lodged at Parliament on the same day.

  • Leadership development workshop

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The Department Human Resource Management would like to invite all interested students to attend a leadership development workshop

  • Students from Washington and Lee University visit UP

    Posted on June 03, 2015

    Students from the Centre for International Education at the Washington and Lee University in the US visited the University of Pretoria on a 10-day trip to South Africa in May 2015 as part of their Tax Service Learning Course. While in South Africa, the group conducted training workshops on SEC...

  • Benjamin Mbana tops in Ernst & Young Competition

    Posted on February 02, 2015

    The University of Pretoria delivered the winner as well as the two runners-up of the South African Ernst & Young Young Tax Professional of the Year Competition 2014.

  • Tax@Tuks Golf Day and Networking Event

    Posted on May 13, 2014

    On the 17th of April 2014 Tax@Tuks, a student taxation society at the University of Pretoria, in association with SAIT, KPMG, Ernst & Young and many more hosted a Golf Day and Networking Event at the Waterkloof Golf Estate.

  • TAX@TUKS outreach

    Posted on April 29, 2013

    The outreach at Leamogetswe Safe house in Atteridgeville on the 20th of April was a fun filled day.

  • SAIT Conference - 15 February 2013, Sun City

    Posted on March 26, 2013

    On the 15th February 2013 students from the Department of Taxation attended a conference at Sun City which was organized by the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) and marketed to the students by Tax @ Tuks. It was the first conference of

  • TAX@TUKS Executive

    Posted on September 13, 2010

    An award ceremony was hosted by Tax@Tuks on 2 September 2010 in the Graduate Centre to acknowledge the Executive Committee for 2009/2010 and to welcome the EC for 2010/2011 as well as all the students who joined the society.

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