05/19/2016
In 2014 and 2015, ENSafrica published two articles on the “most favoured nation clause” contained in article 10(10) of the protocol (“2008 Netherlands Protocol”) issued under the Netherlands/South Africa (“SA”) double t
05/19/2016
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”), which established certain guidelines and principles regarding the claiming of input tax for value added tax (“VAT”) purposes in the Commissioner for South African Revenue Service
05/17/2016
African billionaire whose companies in Malta hold Angola state involvements has had to deny that her business manager sought to open an offshore company for her
05/16/2016
Mauritius and India sign a protocol amending the Mauritius-India Tax Treaty India and Mauritius signed a protocol for the amendment of the convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes of incom
05/12/2016
But mining concessions are being sold for much less than their market value, to middle people who resell them at vast profits.
05/11/2016
Revised Mauritius tax pact may hit overseas fund flows
The new regime will apply on shares acquired on or after April 1, 2017, the finance ministry said in a statement.
05/11/2016
There is no suggestion of wrong doing on the part of the Kenyans with accounts in the tax havens.
05/10/2016
Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank says it did not authorize directors of consumer giant Innscor Africa to open offshore accounts uncovered in the ongoing Panama Papers investigation.
05/06/2016
For some taxpayers including South Africans, the CRS is already "live"; for others it is imminent.
05/05/2016
Recent Binding Private Rulings, Binding Class Rulings and Binding General Rulings
04/29/2016
As world leaders consider what to do about the revelations emerging from the Panama Papers, Liberia's government will be worrying about the fall-out that may cross the Atlantic Ocean from the affair.
04/29/2016
From 1 October 2016 a special Voluntary Disclosure Facility will open which will allow natural persons, corporates and close companies, which are resident in South Africa, to disclose previously undisclosed foreign assets and income to regularise their t
04/27/2016
BOTSWANA: Protocol to treaty between Botswana and Sweden enters into force
04/26/2016
Offshore accounts have helped people get rich off the continent’s natural resources – just not ordinary citizens
04/26/2016
This is nearly three times the budget allocated to the standard body, a government institution charged with fighting counterfeit and substandard products flooding the market.
04/22/2016
The BEPS project and CRS are in line with international efforts to counter tax evasion, tax avoidance and fraud; it aims at making it more difficult for companies that have legal entities registered in low-tax jurisdictions to take advantage of the favora
04/22/2016
The special disclosure programme was announced in the February budget and offers taxpayers the chance of paying tax and interest on undeclared income from 2010 until 2015.
04/20/2016
The first of these toolkits, focusing on tax incentives, was delivered in November.
04/18/2016
The 11.5 million documents handled by the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca, released to an International Consortium of Journalists and a German newspaper have reverberated around world capitals.
04/13/2016
When the double tax regulations come into force the new agreement will replace the outdated agreement between the two countries, signed in 1965.