Nicoline Benzien

Experience

Nicoline is a Director in BDO South Africa’s Tax practice, with three decades experience specialising in tax compliance. Her expertise spans individual, trust and deceased estate compliance, as well as global employment tax, supporting multinational workforces and South African high-net-worth individuals.

She manages the full personal tax compliance cycle, including provisional and annual returns, data gathering, reconciliations and SARS submissions. For expatriate populations, Nicoline coordinates employer and employee requirements across jurisdictions, working closely with the BDO international network to support consistent and efficient compliance.

Nicoline brings a practical and structured approach to complex tax matters. She has extensive experience managing large recurring compliance programmes and multi-entity portfolios, developing processes that improve efficiency, clarify responsibilities and ensure submissions are accurate, well documented and delivered on time.

Qualifications

• Higher Diploma in Tax (H.DipTax)
• Certificate in Financial Planning
• Master Tax Practitioner (SAIT)
• Registered Tax Practitioner with SARS

Other

Nicoline is a professional member of the South African Institute of Taxation (SAIT). Her specialist areas include individual, trust and deceased estate compliance and global employment tax compliance.