South African Tax Article Generator

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name: tax-article-generator description: Generate South African tax/VAT/SARS compliance articles version: 1.0.0 author: Migration from Agent Zero

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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

{
  "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