South African employers must act quickly to prepare their payroll systems and processes for the new tax brackets and calculations...
By Madelein van der Watt 3 Mar 2015 08:02
Ethel Nyembe, head of Small Enterprise at Standard Bank, says small businesses in South Africa can breathe a sigh of relief following Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene's, announcement that businesses with turnovers of below R1m a year will have their tax rates reduced from 6% to 3%...
2 Mar 2015 10:11
The Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, delivered the 2015 Budget speech which contains a number of tax proposals that will impact businesses and individuals alike. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has provided a summarised version of certain key tax proposals...
2 Mar 2015 08:57
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The minister's repeated reference to the National Development Plan (NDP) in his budget speech provides some level of policy direction as it appears that the NDP, previously declared as the cornerstone of government policy, appears to have lost some traction in recent times...
27 Feb 2015 11:00
Commentary from David Warmback of Shepstone & Wylie on some interesting changes proposed to the transfer duty rates and brackets announced in the 2015 Budget Speech...
By David Warmback 26 Feb 2015 11:44
PwC has provided comment on Finance Minister Nene's 2015 Budget Review yesterday...
26 Feb 2015 11:36
Although Budget 2015 has delivered some good news for small business, the South African Institute for Professional Accountants (SAIPA) says it's not all good news...
26 Feb 2015 11:16
Government has noted concerns regarding the socio-economic impact of the e-toll tariffs and revised monthly ceilings will be proposed shortly, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced on Wednesday...
26 Feb 2015 11:05
Transfers to universities for subsidies and infrastructure make up 42% of the R200bn allocated to post-school education and training in the medium term‚ said the Treasury in its 2015-16 Budget Review...
By Paul Vecchiatto 26 Feb 2015 09:30
On 18 February 2015, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) released Binding Private Ruling 187, which dealt with the waiver of a loan subsequent to the implementation of an intra-group transaction...
By Heinrich Louw 26 Feb 2015 08:37
Currently, if an importer applied for and is accepted into the SARS deferment scheme, the payment of import duty and import VAT may be deferred or suspended for up to 30 days...
By Virusha Subban 26 Feb 2015 06:45
The Finance Minister has various options at his disposal concerning how he could use VAT as a fiscal instrument to raise revenue and reduce the budget deficit that has occupied the brain trust in government...
By Ferdie Schneider 25 Feb 2015 09:54
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) adoption of country-by-country reporting (CbCR) was issued in September 2014 as part of the ongoing review of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)...
By Roxanna Nyiri 24 Feb 2015 09:17
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