Overview

The South African tax environment remains complex, technical, and continually evolving. Legislative amendments, new tax judgments, SARS interpretation documents, and operational changes make it challenging for tax professionals and businesses to stay updated.

The Monthly SARS Updates provide a concise yet comprehensive breakdown of all key developments as they arise. Each monthly 2-hour session highlights the most important updates in tax legislation, SARS practice, recent judgments, and new or revised SARS documents—including interpretation notes, rulings, guides, and notices. This essential information ensures that tax professionals, accountants, advisors, and business leaders remain fully informed and compliant.

Webinar Content

We will cover the following in the January update:

New legislation:

• Status of 2025 amendment Bills/Acts.
• TAA Draft Notice – Incidences of non-compliance subject to a fixed amount penalty.

 Tax cases:

• Inhlakanipho Consultants v CSARS [2025] ZAGPPHC 1210 (25 November 2025) - Settlement agreement and allocation of payments.
• Ntayiya v CSARS [2025] ZASCA 183 (1 December 2025) - Understatement penalties on income tax liability.

SARS documents:

• Updated interpretation notes:
  • Interpretation Note 22 (Issue 6) – Transfer duty exemption: Public benefit organisations and institutions, boards, or bodies.
  • Interpretation Note 64 (Issue 5) – Income tax exemption: Bodies corporate, share block companies, and associations of persons managing the collective interests common to all members. 
  • Interpretation Note 91 (Issue 3) – Concession or compromise of a debt.
• New interpretation notes:
  • Interpretation Note 142 – Meaning of “similar finance charges”.
• Practice Note archived:
  • Practice Note 31 of 1994 – Income Tax: Interest paid on moneys borrowed.

Competencies Developed

After attending this session, you will be:

• Competent to apply key aspects of newly issued SARS documents (binding rulings, interpretation notes, guides, notices, etc.).
• Competent to advise clients on the impact of the latest legislative amendments on their tax compliance obligations and planning opportunities.
• Able to train staff to prepare SARS-compliant tax returns in line with current legislation and SARS administrative practice.
• Informed about suitable topics for client communication, enabling you to alert clients to important developments affecting their tax position.
• Competent to revise client tax planning strategies based on the latest changes and emerging SARS trends.

Presenter

Professor Jackie Arendse 

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

• Regular price:  R460.00
• Group booking discounts available when you register for a group.

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