In 2017, the battle against government’s proposal to amend well established legislation, which provided South African residents living and working abroad an exemption from taxation on their foreign employment income reached a conclusion.
A number of tax and financial groups have issued warnings over a new draft bill which will introduce changes for South Africans looking to take their retirement funds out of the country.
Received a Final Demand from SARS? Where did this tax debt even come from? Is the notification really from SARS?
As South Africans, we have borne witness to certain high-profile individuals adopting what is referred to as the “Stalingrad Defence” in litigation, in an effort to postpone their day of reckoning at all costs.
On 7 July 2020, SARS issued an updated Confirmation of Diagnosis of Disability form (“ITR-DD”).
“Expats who follow shady advice to deregister as taxpayers with SARS will suffer in the long run,” says Jonty Leon, Legal Manager (Expatriate Tax) at Tax Consulting SA.
Government Holding on to South Africans’ Retirement Funds National Treasury published the Draft Tax Law Amendment Bill (“TLAB”) on 31 July 2020, with its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.
Your friends and family may have advised you to hire a tax practitioner to make sure you remain tax compliant. But how do you choose the right one for you? Vetting a tax practitioner requires asking the right questions and being aware of the kind of service you ought to expect. We asked some tax […]
The first period for provisional tax ends on 31st August. Provisional taxpayers must therefore have submitted their initial IRP6 return and settled any payments due by that date.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has undertaken to make the filing of annual tax returns for the 2020 filing season as seamless as possible for individuals who diligently fulfil their tax obligations.