The Tax Faculty is pleased to host the Post-Budget Speech: Economic and Tax Analysis webinar on 25 February 2022 with tax expert Prof Jackie Arendse and economist Dawie Roodt.
The Annual Budget Speech is always a key date on the financial calendar and this year has a unique focus, considering the Covid-19 pandemic, ongoing economic challenges, rising inflation, increasing unemployment, and a shrinking tax base. The SARS Statistics for 2020/21 reveal that tax revenue collections decreased R106 billion (7.8%) from the previous year, yet government spending continues to rise, along with the country’s debt service costs.
This year, the key questions are:
After attending this webinar you will be:
Dawie Roodt
Chief Economist MEcon (cum laude)
Dawie is an economist who specialises in fiscal and monetary policy. He brings invaluable exposure to the Group through his active presence in both the local and foreign media. He has been a member of the Tax Advisory Committee of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and has represented Business SA at Nedlac. Dawie is an ambassador for Child Welfare (Bloemfontein), Childline (Free State) and the Adopt Moreletaspruit Forum. He was also the recipient of the 2016 Sake24 Economist of the Year Award.
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 Masters 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 has been Head of the Department of Accounting at Rhodes University from 2014 until 2020. She now works as an independent consultant, trainer and tax specialist and is a sought-after presenter of tax seminars and webinars.
Jackie has presented tax training to tax practitioners, entrepreneurs and businesses 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.
This event and successful completion of the online assessment will secure 2 hours verifiable output Tax CPD points.
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Regular price: R495.00
SAIT member: R395.00
Group price (5 attendees maximum): R950.00