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Latest News
Blow to SARS
- 07 February 2025
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
Recently, a landmark victory was achieved against SARS in the tax court, which sets a significant pr...
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Yes, You Really Can Mess Up A SARS Objection
- 07 February 2025
- Tax Dispute Resolution
The Western Cape Tax Court case DR X and Dr X Inc v CSARS highlights the problem of vague and unsupp...
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Taxpayer Rights and the Role of the Tax Practition...
- 04 February 2025
- Tax Administration
In South Africa's tax system, personal income taxpayers form the backbone of public revenue, enablin...
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Do We Know What SARS Knows?
- 15 January 2025
- VAT
SARS’ systems are becoming increasingly integrated and sophisticated.
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Tax Tech is Evolving Faster Than Ever: Why Staying...
- 28 January 2025
- Corporate Tax
Have you noticed how rapidly the world of tax technology is transforming? Just a few years ago, the...
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How AI and SARS Are Transforming the Tax Landscape
- 23 January 2025
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation have revolutionised the management of t...
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Loan to a Trust From a Company Where the Trust is...
- 12 December 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
Company A is fully owned by Trust E, which is a family trust.
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Tax Exempt Institutions Connect Newsletter Special...
- 05 December 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
SARS appreciates and acknowledges the support from the Tax Exempt Institutions’ community in 2024, a...
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Big Tax Hikes Coming for Businesses in South Afric...
- 04 December 2024
- Faculty News
Carbon taxes in South Africa are set to rise by over 140% by 2030.
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Do We Know What SARS Knows?
- 03 December 2024
- VAT
SARS’ systems are becoming increasingly integrated and sophisticated. Anybody that still thinks with...
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The Winding Up of Estates in SA is in Shambles
- 02 December 2024
- Wills, Estates & Succession
Problems at master’s offices the tip of the iceberg.
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VAT Agency and Principals
- 29 November 2024
- VAT
The terms “agent” and “agency” are not defined in the Value Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 (VAT Act).
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SARS Audit Delays and Appeal Challenges
- 26 November 2024
- Tax Administration
What is the appropriate process for a taxpayer to follow if they disagree with an estimated addition...
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CEO Security: Taxable Benefit or Business Necessit...
- 18 November 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
Is this arrangement considered a fringe benefit for the CEO, or is it classified as a normal securit...
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Renouncement By Heir
- 13 November 2024
Should the will’s clause, which distributes the renounced shares equally among the remaining benefic...
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Negotiating your Suspension of Payment
- 28 October 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
The pay-now-argue later principle is firmly entrenched in our tax law and embodied in section 164(1)...
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Efficiency Hacks for Small Tax Practices
- 25 October 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
He says, she says: Timelines for record keeping and documentary proof as an efficiency “hack” for sm...
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Why Tax Practitioners Can't Afford to Ignore Tax T...
- 17 October 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
As the tax landscape becomes increasingly complex, tax practitioners are facing new pressures to mee...
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SARS Verification and Requests for Relevant Materi...
- 10 October 2024
- Tax Administration
Many taxpayers have experienced a dramatic increase in Requests for Relevant material by SARS. Some...
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Concourt on Bona Fide Inadvertent Error and USP's
- 07 October 2024
The eagerly anticipated Constitutional Court judgment in Thistle case1 has been delivered.
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Why must Record Keeping be a Burden?
- 01 October 2024
- Tax Administration
Taxpayer obligations are balanced against SARS’ powers and duties. SARS is responsible for the admin...
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Income Tax Audit
- 27 September 2024
- Accounting & Financial Reporting
We discovered errors in the calculation of capital gains during an income tax audit by SARS for the...
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Transfer Pricing in South Africa: An Arm’s Length...
- 20 September 2024
- Transfer-Pricing
straightforward and consistent with established transfer pricing principles. The court sharply criti...
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VAT Estimated Assessments
- 17 September 2024
- Tax Administration
SARS is currently issuing estimated assessments after conducting reviews or audits on income tax and...
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