03/02/2016
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did not mention the proposed carbon tax (the “tax”) in his Budget Speech delivered on 24 February 2016.
03/01/2016
Many tax commentators were surprised at the national budget speech announcement that there will be another offshore amnesty starting on 1 October 2016
02/29/2016
The Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme is a joint initiative of the South African Revenue Service and the South African Reserve Bank.
02/24/2016
Kevin Bloom speaks to a tax haven investigator who says that he doesn’t.
02/24/2016
The budget speech has over the years given South Africans a credible sense of the economic outlook of the country.
02/24/2016
It is difficult for the Treasury to estimate the tax revenue to be derived from the initiative but officials estimate it conservatively at between R2bn and R4bn.
02/23/2016
Some experts believe Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will tomorrow announce measures such as a tax amnesty.
02/17/2016
The establishment of an offshore discretionary trust (“the Trust”) by a South African tax resident person (“Settlor”) gives rise to various South African tax considerations.
02/17/2016
As part of strategic efforts to tackle cases of international tax avoidance and evasion, Kenya has joined the league of 93 global nations
02/15/2016
It provides for exchange of information on request and assistance in tax collection, among other things.
02/12/2016
PAC members accused Google of making their own choice to avoid tax, by setting up structures in low tax jurisdictions.
02/12/2016
A persistent guess is the inclusion of a new tax bracket for individual taxpayers who earn more than R1m in taxable income a year — in other words a wealth tax.
02/07/2016
Under an agreement dating back to 1955, it is possible for UK companies operating in the south-east African country to pay little or no tax.
02/07/2016
This may be something towards which they have worked all their lives.
01/29/2016
Normally the provisions in the tax treaties override those of domestic tax law.
01/27/2016
Defining the concept of “interest”
01/27/2016
In response to an invitation by National Treasury and SARS’ for public comments on the Draft Bill prior to its formal introduction in Parliament, ENSafrica submitted representations on, inter alia, the proposal to amend section 99 of the Tax Admin A
01/05/2016
In the proposal document, which is also seeking amendment to existing tax refund conditions, the affected items include double remittance by a tax payer or collecting agent
12/24/2015
The law seeks to tax the returns investors will make from their investments.
12/15/2015
SARS uses a wide range of methods to detect non-compliance, including high-tech scans of import containers