Tax Administration
From Audit to the Witness Box: Litigating Tax Disputes from Day One
Duration: 2 hours
Price: R195.00
Title / Topic
From Audit to the Witness Box: Litigating Tax Disputes from Day One
Presenters : Nico Theron
Overview
This video explores tax disputes from a litigation perspective, demonstrating how decisions made during the early stages - particularly audits and objections - can significantly influence the ultimate outcome in the Tax Court. It emphasises the importance of approaching every dispute with a litigation-ready mindset from inception, ensuring that positions taken and records created can withstand judicial scrutiny.
Video Content
The session covers the following key areas:
- Why most tax disputes are effectively won or lost before litigation begins
- Identifying litigation risks during SARS audits
- Managing audit correspondence with future cross-examination in mind
- Creating a litigation-ready factual record
- Handling damaging admissions and inconsistent statements
- Strategic use (and misuse) of tax opinions in litigation
- Case examples illustrating how early missteps can prove fatal in court
Competencies Developed
Attendees develop the ability to:
- Evaluate tax disputes through a litigation-focused lens from the outset
- Identify and mitigate litigation risks during audits and objections
- Apply best practices in drafting and managing SARS correspondence
- Build and maintain a defensible factual record
- Recognise and avoid common pitfalls that weaken a case in court
- Critically assess the role and impact of tax opinions in dispute resolution.
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