While businesses only need to calculate their liability and submit their carbon tax return once a year, compliance with the Carbon Tax Act itself is not a once-off accomplishment, nor is it as difficult to achieve as some organisations think...
Eckart Zollner 7 Apr 2021
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says government proposes that come April 2019, three items, including sanitary pads, will be added to the zero-rated list...
According to the Southern Africa arm of the Environmental Resources Management group, some mid-size companies not generally viewed as big polluters could end up paying more carbon tax than mining, manufacturing and metals-processing players with larger CO2 footprints...
Companies that voluntarily participate in the Department of Environmental Affairs' carbon budget plan will qualify for tax relief of 5% under the envisaged carbon tax regime...
Linda Ensor 4 May 2016
Promethium Carbon recently demonstrated the market readiness for the trading of carbon offsets in South Africa on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)...
There is potential for alignment of the proposed carbon offset trading scheme that is currently under consideration by National Treasury and the carbon budgeting approach required by the National Climate Change Response Paper (NCCRP).
The Treasury has released a discussion paper on carbon offsetting for public comment as it prepares for the introduction of a carbon tax in 2016.
Sue Blaine 2 May 2014