Overview

Keeping up with constant changes in tax legislation and operations could feel like running a race that never ended. For tax professionals, there was nothing more important than staying informed and up to date to navigate these changes effectively. In this webinar, we highlighted these changes and other important case law updates:

Tax Judgments:

• Capitec v CSARS - VAT (Constitutional Court judgment)
• Taxpayer Boerdery v CSARS - deductibility of insurance premium (Tax Court)

SARS Documents:

• Third Party Reporting
• New and updated Interpretation notes:
  • IN 131 – Exemption of income relating to South African ships used in international shipping.
  • IN 105 (Issue 2) – Deductions in respect of buildings used by hotelkeepers.

Competencies developed in this webinar

After attending this webinar, you were:

• Updated with important and current changes in tax legislation and SARS practice.
• Competent in applying the key aspects of new SARS documents published (i.e., binding rulings, interpretation notes, SARS guides/notices, etc.).
• Competent in advising clients about the impact of the latest tax amendments on their tax compliance and planning opportunities.
• Able to train your staff to prepare SARS-compliant tax returns considering the latest amendments and SARS practice.
• Informed about topics to include in a client communique to alert your clients about recent developments impacting their tax compliance and planning opportunities.
• Competent in revising the tax planning strategy of clients.

Presenter

Professor Jackie Arendse 

B Acc (Wits) M Acc (Tax) (UKZN) Chartered Accountant (SA) PhD (Accounting) (Rhodes)

After completing her training at Deloitte and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Jackie was Group Financial Accountant for a top-100 listed company before moving to academia where she developed her skills as an academic – authoring, lecturing, and researching on a wide range of tax areas – and also completing her master’s and PhD qualifications.

She served as Project Director: Tax at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) between 2004 and 2006, managing relationships with key stakeholders (especially SARS and National Treasury), enhancing SAICA members’ tax competence and representing SAICA in discussions with government on tax policy and legislation.

Jackie was Head of the School of Accountancy at Wits University from 2009 until 2013 and was Head of the Department of Accounting at Rhodes University from 2014 until 2020. Since 2021, she has been Head of Taxation at Academic One, which is developing a fully online CTA/Accounting Honours programme, and she continues as a sought-after presenter of tax seminars and webinars.

Jackie has presented tax training to tax practitioners, accountants, small businesses, and large corporates around the country for many years and has authored numerous books, articles, and publications in the field of taxation including Silke on South African Income Tax. She is the managing author of Silke on Tax Administration, published by LexisNexis and updated annually.

CPD

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

Event Investment

Free for Tax Technicians, Tax Practitioner, Tax Accountant CPD subscribers and Practice Packages. Not a CPD subscriber yet? Click here to register now.

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• Special rate for SAIT members:  R368.00
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