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Tax obligations: A warning for foreigners and expats purchasing property in South Africa

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Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about a sugar tax

19 Apr 2024

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Groundbreaking ConCourt ruling in Capitec, Sars VAT deduction dispute

15 Apr 2024

New tax bill: Taxpayers could be criminally liable for honest mistakes

New tax bill: Taxpayers could be criminally liable for honest mistakes

Kyle Fyfe 7 Sep 2020

Extension to deferment periods on excise duty payments

Extension to deferment periods on excise duty payments

Virusha Subban and Prenisha Govender 28 Aug 2020

Kelello Nkadimeng

The struggle for the RDR to find its regulatory footing

Kelello Nkadimeng 28 Aug 2020

National Assembly approves Covid-19 tax relief bills

National Assembly approves Covid-19 tax relief bills

26 Aug 2020

Impact of the "new normal" on tax enforcement in transfer pricing

Impact of the "new normal" on tax enforcement in transfer pricing

Joon Chong and Karen Miller 26 Aug 2020

When deposits become taxable

Graeme Palmer 21 Aug 2020

Carrie Norden, tax specialist, Allan Gray

The taxman cometh, so be prepared

19 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa, provides safety tips this tax season

#WomensMonth: Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa, provides safety tips this tax season

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Aug 2020

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

5 Aug 2020

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

4 Aug 2020

Income tax implications of missed dividend payments

Income tax implications of missed dividend payments

27 Jul 2020

Deductions available for commission earners

Deductions available for commission earners

Joon Chong 22 Jul 2020

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Samantha Lance 22 Jul 2020

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

22 Jul 2020

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

20 Jul 2020

Tax judgments are no ordinary judgments

Tax judgments are no ordinary judgments

Graeme Palmer 20 Jul 2020

Bernard Sacks, tax partner, Mazars

Alcohol and tobacco ban already devastating Treasury's coffers

Bernard Sacks 16 Jul 2020

Filing season 2020 brings some changes

Filing season 2020 brings some changes

Somaya Khaki 14 Jul 2020

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

10 Jul 2020

Proposed amendments to FICA schedules

Proposed amendments to FICA schedules

Seshree Govender and Nonjabulo Mthembu 9 Jul 2020

Kedibone Dikokwe, divisional executive responsible for conduct of Business supervision, FSCA

Unpacking the FSCA's mandate as a conduct regulator

Kedibone Dikokwe 2 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

Income Tax Act: Clarity on distribution of unlisted shares

Income Tax Act: Clarity on distribution of unlisted shares

Denny Da Silva 29 Jun 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Escaping the hippo's jaws: Mboweni's broad strokes emergency budget

25 Jun 2020

Can Sars deduct tax debts from your bank account?

Can Sars deduct tax debts from your bank account?

Graeme Palmer 22 Jun 2020

Bernard Sacks, tax partner, Mazars

What - a Budget in June?

Bernard Sacks 18 Jun 2020

Image source: Getty Images

South Africa: Some hope for REITs

Denny Da Silva 1 Jun 2020

Bobby Wessels -

Unpacking ETI tax relief

Bobby Wessels 29 May 2020

Zane de Decker, MD of Flyt Property Investment

South Africa is a legal tax haven

Zane de Decker 18 May 2020

A sneak-peek at the future of crypto asset regulation in South Africa

A sneak-peek at the future of crypto asset regulation in South Africa

Seshree Govender, Cindy Liebowitz & Fatima Ismail 13 May 2020

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New tax bill: Taxpayers could be criminally liable for honest mistakes

New tax bill: Taxpayers could be criminally liable for honest mistakes

Kyle Fyfe 7 Sep 2020

Extension to deferment periods on excise duty payments

Extension to deferment periods on excise duty payments

Virusha Subban and Prenisha Govender 28 Aug 2020

Kelello Nkadimeng

The struggle for the RDR to find its regulatory footing

Kelello Nkadimeng 28 Aug 2020

National Assembly approves Covid-19 tax relief bills

National Assembly approves Covid-19 tax relief bills

26 Aug 2020

Impact of the "new normal" on tax enforcement in transfer pricing

Impact of the "new normal" on tax enforcement in transfer pricing

Joon Chong and Karen Miller 26 Aug 2020

When deposits become taxable

Graeme Palmer 21 Aug 2020

Carrie Norden, tax specialist, Allan Gray

The taxman cometh, so be prepared

19 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa, provides safety tips this tax season

#WomensMonth: Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa, provides safety tips this tax season

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Aug 2020

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

5 Aug 2020

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

4 Aug 2020

Income tax implications of missed dividend payments

Income tax implications of missed dividend payments

27 Jul 2020

Deductions available for commission earners

Deductions available for commission earners

Joon Chong 22 Jul 2020

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Is wealth tax just a plaster for an ailing economy?

Samantha Lance 22 Jul 2020

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

22 Jul 2020

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

20 Jul 2020

Tax judgments are no ordinary judgments

Tax judgments are no ordinary judgments

Graeme Palmer 20 Jul 2020

Bernard Sacks, tax partner, Mazars

Alcohol and tobacco ban already devastating Treasury's coffers

Bernard Sacks 16 Jul 2020

Filing season 2020 brings some changes

Filing season 2020 brings some changes

Somaya Khaki 14 Jul 2020

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

10 Jul 2020

Proposed amendments to FICA schedules

Proposed amendments to FICA schedules

Seshree Govender and Nonjabulo Mthembu 9 Jul 2020

Kedibone Dikokwe, divisional executive responsible for conduct of Business supervision, FSCA

Unpacking the FSCA's mandate as a conduct regulator

Kedibone Dikokwe 2 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

Income Tax Act: Clarity on distribution of unlisted shares

Income Tax Act: Clarity on distribution of unlisted shares

Denny Da Silva 29 Jun 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Escaping the hippo's jaws: Mboweni's broad strokes emergency budget

25 Jun 2020

Can Sars deduct tax debts from your bank account?

Can Sars deduct tax debts from your bank account?

Graeme Palmer 22 Jun 2020

Bernard Sacks, tax partner, Mazars

What - a Budget in June?

Bernard Sacks 18 Jun 2020

Image source: Getty Images

South Africa: Some hope for REITs

Denny Da Silva 1 Jun 2020

Bobby Wessels -

Unpacking ETI tax relief

Bobby Wessels 29 May 2020

Zane de Decker, MD of Flyt Property Investment

South Africa is a legal tax haven

Zane de Decker 18 May 2020

A sneak-peek at the future of crypto asset regulation in South Africa

A sneak-peek at the future of crypto asset regulation in South Africa

Seshree Govender, Cindy Liebowitz & Fatima Ismail 13 May 2020

Juanita van der Merwe

Further tax measures to combat impact of Covid-19

Juanita van der Merwe 8 May 2020

Covid-19: How to manage 'place of effective management' tax risk during lockdown

Covid-19: How to manage 'place of effective management' tax risk during lockdown

Anne Bennett, Donald Fisher-Jeffes and Neo Penn 7 May 2020

Covid-19 knocks tax revenue performance

Covid-19 knocks tax revenue performance

7 May 2020

Donating should be a financial decision, not a knee-jerk reaction

Donating should be a financial decision, not a knee-jerk reaction

Duncan Luke 6 May 2020

A woman carries a bucket of fresh water to an informal settlement in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. South Africa has the widest wealth gap in the world. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now

Aroop Chatterjee. Amory Gethin & Léo Czajka 28 Apr 2020

Further tax measures to provide support

Further tax measures to provide support

23 Apr 2020

Tax relief for PBOs providing Covid-19 disaster aid

Tax relief for PBOs providing Covid-19 disaster aid

Riette Engels-Van Zyl 15 Apr 2020

National Treasury and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni support budget cuts, labour market deregulation, and tax cuts. Getty Images

South Africa is bent on austerity: there's a strong case that it should change tack

Gilad Isaacs 15 Apr 2020

Covid-19 public health measures are stalling economic activity. Getty Images

Covid-19 tax relief: a snapshot of what's out there

Lee-Ann Steenkamp 9 Apr 2020

Regulators launch hub for fintech innovation

Regulators launch hub for fintech innovation

7 Apr 2020

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