South African Tax Article Generator

Generate South African tax/VAT/SARS compliance articles

Tax/VAT Article Generator Skill

Overview

Automated generation of South African tax compliance articles covering SARS deadlines, VAT, PAYE, and provisional tax.

Purpose

• Generate SEO-optimized tax articles for PayLessTax blog
• Ensure SARS deadline accuracy and compliance information
• Create structured content with JSON schemas for automation

Input Variables (Template Placeholders)

Variable	Description	Example
ARTICLE_TITLE	Complete article title	SARS 2026 Tax Season: Essential Compliance Dates
MAIN_KEYWORD	Primary SEO keyword	SARS 2026 compliance
YEAR	Tax year	2026
DEADLINE_1_DATE	First deadline date	31 August 2026
DEADLINE_1_NAME	First deadline description	Provisional Tax First Period
DEADLINE_2_DATE	Second deadline date	28 February 2027
DEADLINE_3_DATE	Third deadline date	30 September 2027
PENALTY_INFO	Penalty information	10% of tax payable
INTEREST_RATE	Interest rate formula	repo rate + 4%
CTA_TEXT	Call-to-action	Download our checklist

Article Types

SARS Compliance Guide

• Year-specific deadline overview
• Provisional tax due dates
• Annual return windows
• VAT submission schedules
• Penalty information

VAT Article

• VAT 201 form details
• Category A/B/C/D/E schedules
• Late submission penalties
• Input/output tax rules

PAYE Article

• EMP201 submission dates
• Monthly filing requirements
• UIF/SDL components

Provisional Tax Guide

• IRP6 form instructions
• First, second, third periods
• Estimated tax calculations
• Penalties for underestimation

Output Schema

json

{
  "title": "generated title",
  "author": "PayLessTax Team",
  "content": "# Markdown content...",
  "seo_metadata": {...}
}

Triggers

• Scheduled tax calendar events
• Manual CLI execution
• WordPress/WooCommerce webhook (optional)

APIs & Dependencies

• Built-in Python (no external APIs)
• No secrets required (content generation only)
• Optional: WordPress REST API for publishing

Files

• index.py - Article generator logic
• schemas/ - JSON schemas for each article type
• templates/ - Jinja2 templates