March 23, 2022
March 23, 2022
The annual National Budget Speech was delivered on 23 February 2022 by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Practitioners are getting to grips with some of the more […]
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
The South African Revenue Service recently published a draft Interpretation Note relating to the taxation of medical lump sums. Employers often provide various incentives to attract and retain employees with […]
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
Unlike “conventional trusts” that are taxed at a flat tax rate, a special trust is taxed on the same sliding scale applicable to natural persons. The […]
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
In October 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment upholding the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service’s appeal against an earlier decision […]
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021
When an individual ceases to be a South African tax resident prior to retirement from a South African retirement fund and becomes tax resident of another […]
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021
Expenditure prescribed by SARS and which is necessarily incurred and paid for by a taxpayer due to a physical impairment or disability is a qualifying medical […]
September 8, 2021
September 8, 2021
In line with the 2020 Budget Announcement, Government proposes to broaden the corporate income tax base by restricting the offset of the balance of assessed losses […]
September 8, 2021
September 8, 2021
With effect from 1 March 2016, and in terms of paragraph 2(l) of the Seventh Schedule to the Income Tax Act, all employer contributions to a retirement fund on […]
August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021
Tax practitioners have been inundated with queries from clients on the possible relief offered by the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) on the possibility of deducting […]