Current Issues in Tax Dispute Resolution: New Grounds, Unlawful Collections and Deadline Miscounts


Date: Jun 11, 2025

CPD hours: 2 Hours

Time: 15:00 - 17:00

Event Type: Webinar

Presenter: Nico Theron
CTA (SA) (BCom Law (cum laude), LLM (Tax); BCom Honours Taxation; MCom Taxation (SA and International Tax)

Join this practical webinar addressing key challenges in tax dispute resolution. Learn when SARS can raise new grounds during litigation, how to respond to unlawful fund collection, and how to ensure objection and appeal periods are correctly applied. Equip yourself with the tools to navigate disputes confidently and hold SARS to proper legal standards.

Overview

This webinar will explore current challenges in tax dispute resolution, focusing on key issues taxpayers face when dealing with SARS.


Webinar Content

  • Whether SARS can rely on its legal team to introduce new grounds during litigation to support assessments that were initially on shaky footing
  • How taxpayers can respond when SARS unlawfully collects funds
  • Clarifying the correct method for calculating objection and appeal periods—and how to hold SARS accountable when it miscounts days

Competencies Developed

By the end of the webinar, attendees will understand:

  • The legal boundaries for SARS introducing new grounds at the appeal stage
  • Steps to take when SARS takes money without proper legal authority
  • How to correctly calculate objection periods and challenge SARS on procedural missteps

Presenter

Nico Theron

CTA (SA) (BCom Law (cum laude), LLM (Tax); BCom Honours Taxation; MCom Taxation (SA and International Tax)

Nico is the founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA, Unicus Tax Academy, and author of Lexis Nexis’ Practical Guide to Handling Tax Disputes. He is an industry-recognised expert in the tax dispute resolution realm, lecturing on tax dispute resolution at various universities across South Africa at postgraduate level and to other tax professionals in practice. Nico also has a 100% success rate in resolving tax disputes in favour of taxpayers through the objection and appeal remedy.


CPD

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

  • Regular price:  R460.00
  • Special rate for SAIT members:  R368.00
  • Group booking discounts available when you register for a group.

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