October 24, 2016

SARS retention periods: Are you keeping your tax-related records long enough?

How long must I keep my tax records? When can I throw old tax-related documents away? What happens if SARS request supporting documents and I don’t […]
October 24, 2016

How South African dividends are taxed

Dividends received by a South African taxpayer are generally exempt from income tax. The major exemption though being dividends received from so-called REITs (these being some […]
September 12, 2016

Misuse of assessed losses

An assessed loss for income tax purposes is a potentially valuable asset: it represents past losses made by a taxpayer which is able of being carried […]
August 15, 2016

Proposed amendment to the taxation of trusts

National Treasury published its much anticipated proposed annual amendments to tax legislation earlier in July. This year the proposed amendments were widely anticipated to shed led […]
August 15, 2016

Salary sacrifice schemes: Latest judgment by the supreme court of appeal

Salary sacrifice schemes are popular in practice. Typically, they involve employers paying a decreased salary to their employees, with an added fringe benefit to make up […]
July 14, 2016

The role of the Tax Ombud

The Office of the Tax Ombud was established by the Tax Administration Act, 28 of 2011. In particular, sections 15 to 21 of that Act set […]
April 28, 2016

SAID bewaringstydperke: Hou u, u belastingdokumente lank genoeg?

Hoe lank moet ek my belastingdokumente behou? Wanneer mag ek ou belastingdokumente vernietig? Wat gebeur as SAID dokumente ter bewys aanvra en ek dit nie meer […]
April 28, 2016

Transactions required to be reported to SARS in terms of Government Notice

Section 37 of the Tax Administration Act, 28 of 2011 (‘the Admin Act’) requires taxpayers to report a transaction which would qualify as a ‘reportable arrangement’. […]
March 15, 2016

Tax free investment savings accounts

Our clients will have noted the various advertisements on radio and in the media generally of financial service providers inviting the public to invest in their […]
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