Overview

The webinar provided a detailed guide to cryptocurrency tax compliance in South Africa. It addressed key distinctions between capital gains and income tax in various crypto transactions—such as selling, swapping, spending, gifting, mining, staking, and airdrops—and unpacked SARS's guidance on these matters. The session also examined VAT implications, estate duty considerations, and how SARS employed AI and international data-sharing agreements to track crypto transactions. Attendees also learned about record-keeping best practices for accurate tax reporting.

Webinar Content

The content was divided into four modules:

Introduction

• Reviewed the legal and compliance complexities surrounding cryptocurrency taxation.

Module 1: Capital vs Income

• Explored whether transactions were capital or revenue in nature, based on taxpayer intention, frequency of trades, and case law indicators. Defined distinctions between investors (capital gains) and traders (revenue income).

Module 2: Crypto Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

• Covered disposal events—selling, swapping, spending, gifting—that triggered CGT. Explained how to calculate CGT and clarified that crypto assets were not "personal use assets."

Module 3: Crypto Income Tax

• Discussed events that led to income tax, including receiving crypto payments, mining, staking, and NFT creation/sales. Addressed arbitrage and mining profit calculation.

Module 4: FAQs and Compliance

• Addressed VAT treatment, estate duty, SARS’s tracking tools, and the treatment of airdrops, hard forks, and donations. Highlighted the importance of comprehensive record-keeping and introduced tools and firms that assisted with crypto tax compliance.

Competencies Developed

By the end of the webinar, participants were able to:

• Understand how cryptocurrency was treated under South African tax law.
• Apply SARS guidance to distinguish between capital and income tax implications.
• Identify taxable events in crypto transactions and understand relevant compliance obligations.
• Maintain appropriate records for tax reporting and utilize available resources and software to support compliance.

Presenter

Nestene Botha

Nestene Botha is a registered Chartered Accountant and the Academic Programme Leader for the BCom Accounting Programme at Mancosa. With a Masters Degree in Auditing Education, she has worked with approximately 10 higher education institutions globally and is deeply passionate about education. Nestene has a keen interest in Artificial Intelligence and its applications in the accounting profession, integrating AI and technology into her lectures and research. She is recognized as one of the top 35 under 35 Chartered Accountants in South Africa by SAICA and one of the top 50 women in accounting worldwide by Practice Ignition. Additionally, she is a co-founder of Explore ProTech, an entrepreneurial haven with the vision of saving the global economy - one small business at a time.

CPD

Attending this webinar and the successful completion of the online assessment will secure a certificate of completion for 2 hours of CPD.

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