NEWS | EMERGENCY BUDGET: FEW OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO GET SA OUT OF ITS ECONOMIC PIT
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is facing his own crisis. He will be delivering South Africa’s – probably first – emergency budget in the wake of a massive economic decline.
NEWS | THE NEW TAX CASE ALL SOUTH AFRICANS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
The High Court in Pretoria recently ruled that taxpayers have a right to be notified before the South African Revenue Service (SARS) appoints an agent to collect ‘outstanding tax debt’.
NEWS | HOME OFFICE EXPENDITURE: WHEN CAN YOU CLAIM FROM SARS?
With the ever-looming threat of COVID-19 still hanging over South Africa at large, business has had to come to terms with a “new normal”, which has and will continue to result in many taxpayers needing to work from home for the foreseeable future.
NEWS | BINDING PRIVATE RULING 40: SHARE BUY-BACK AT NOMINAL VALUE
Issue The Applicant and Co-applicant approached SARS to determine the income tax and donations tax consequences of a share buy-back at nominal value pursuant to a proposed cancellation agreement.
NEWS | BINDING RULINGS#339: TRANSFER OF LISTED SHARES TO A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME IN EXCHANGE FOR PARTICIPATORY INTERESTS
Issue The Applicant and the Fund approached SARS to determine the tax consequences of a transfer of listed shares from the applicant to a collective investment scheme in exchange for participatory interests in that collective investment scheme, in terms of sections 9C and 42 of the Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962 (the ITA) […]