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SARS’s discretion to write off temporarily an amount of tax debt while a company is subject to business rescue will be reviewed.

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New Debt Counselling Fees

The National Credit Regulator recently published a circular and guideline in respect of the new fees that debt counsellors may charge consumers during the debt review process. The new fees are effective from […]

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Debt Relief Bill Published

On 24 November 2017, the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry published its Draft National Credit Amendment Bill, 2018 (the Bill) in the Government Gazette. The Bill is generally referred to as the Debt Relief […]

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Insurer Obligations re Credit Reports

In future, insurers will have to submit credit information in order to continue accessing consumer credit reports from credit bureaux. On 3 November 2017, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) published its final guideline […]

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Credit Regulator Cracks down again

The National Credit Regulator (NCR), in a media release on 24 October 2017, also issued a compliance notice to Volkswagen Financial Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd (VW) for charging consumers an on-the-road fee, admin fee […]

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NCR smacks BMW

Views ‘on-the-road-costs’ as not being in line with prescriptions On 3 August, we published an article on the National Credit Regulator’s (NCR) media statement, warning vehicle financiers (being registered credit providers) that they […]

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Compliance audit on credit life insurance policies

Since the publication of the final credit life insurance regulations (the Regulations) that came into effect on 10 August 2017, Moonstone received numerous queries relating to the compliance requirements imposed by the Regulations. In the […]

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Credit Life Insurance Regulations

On 11 August 2017, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) released a media statement on the final credit life insurance regulations published under Government Gazette Notice No 103 which became effective on 10 August 2017. In […]

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NCR Alert for Vehicle Financiers and Dealers

On 2 August 2017, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) issued a media statement to announce its intention to conduct a compliance monitoring exercise on vehicle licence and registration fees payable by consumers under […]

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Annual NCR registration fees due 31 July

All National Credit Regulator (“NCR”) registrants, including credit providers, credit bureaux, debt counsellors, payment distribution agents and alternative distribution agents are obliged to pay their annual registration renewal fees by 31 July 2017. The payment […]

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