September 30, 2020

Interest on delayed VAT refunds: The “materiality” question

Section 45 of the Value-Added Tax Act makes provision for the payment of interest on delayed VAT refunds. In terms of section 45(1) of the Act, the South African […]
September 8, 2020

Beware of scams during filing season

In late August 2020, a large credit bureau in South Africa was the target of a data breach where millions of private individual and company data records were compromised. This data leakage, coupled with the tax filing season, makes for the perfect opportunity […]
September 8, 2020

Tax disputes: Suspension of payment

With the 2020 tax filing season in full swing, many taxpayers are likely to engage in dispute proceedings as their income tax assessments are issued by SARS. This will particularly be the case […]
September 8, 2020

Tax assessment errors: What do I do now?

With the 2020 tax filing season in full swing, many taxpayers will likely engage in dispute proceedings as SARS issues their income tax assessments. This will particularly be […]
September 8, 2020

Exemption of foreign pensions in South Africa

Although there has been an increasing trend in recent times of emigrations from South Africa, there are many projects by the Department of Home Affairs to market South Africa […]
February 24, 2020

Allowance in respect of future expenditure on contracts

Section 24C of the Income Tax Act[1] (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) allows a deduction, from income, received by or accrued to a taxpayer in terms […]
February 24, 2020

Management of tax debt

With the tax filing season for individuals now closed, taxpayers may find themselves with tax debt that is due. This may be due to administrative penalties […]
February 24, 2020

Understanding the period of limitation

In terms of section 99 of the Tax Administration Act, 28 of 2011, an assessment may not be made three years after the date of an […]
November 18, 2019

Intra-group transactions: How it works

The South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) issued a private binding ruling (BPR329) on 27 September 2019 on the tax implications of intra-group transactions and the subsequent […]
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