Cybercriminals ramp up their attacks on tax practitioners

SARS responds to reports of hackers accessing practitioners’ eFiling profiles, removing clients, and changing banking details.

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CPD – two month exemption to comply

Last week the FSCA published the Exemption from Continuous Professional Development Requirements, 2019 – No 2 of 2019 on its website. The purpose of the Exemption is to allow financial services providers, key individuals and representatives […]

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Exemption of services under supervision – part 2

Exemption of services under supervision – Differences between 2008 Exemption and the Draft Exemption (part 2) The FSCA’s discussion on the substance of the Draft Exemption is structured to highlight the significant differences […]

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Exemption of services under supervision – part 1

Exemption of services under supervision – Differences between 2008 Exemption and the Draft Exemption The FSCA released the “Consultation Paper: Exemption on services under supervision” last week and mentioned that it is necessary […]

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Exemption for Compliance Officers

FAIS Notice 119, published on 13 September 2017, contains details of changes to the minimum prescribed intervals of visits and reports by compliance officers as contained in Section 4(4) of the Notice on Compliance Officers. […]

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BN 120 of 2013: Level 2 Exemptions

This Board Notice, (BN 120 of 213)  published on 5 June, exempts all FSPs from having to write the level 2 REs until further notice. No rationale for this decision is contained in […]

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