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Home / Posts tagged “Tax”

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Video interview: New mutual insurer enters the market

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Key regulatory and compliance developments: looking back at 2024 and what’s ahead in 2025

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Issues around Budget 3.0 with tax specialist Louis Botha

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Why few taxpayers report eFiling profile hijackings to the police

Low-income earners fear being ignored, while high-income earners and large businesses find the police to be inefficient.

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HFA warns: NHI will slash healthcare, raise taxes, and drain the economy

The Health Funders Association, which represents nearly half of SA’s private healthcare market, is the latest organisation to launch a legal challenge against the NHI Act.

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How your living annuity start date can cost (or save) you tax

Aligning your retirement date with the tax year can smooth income withdrawals and avoid unintended bracket creep.

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Beefed-up SARS might stave off R20bn in tax increases in 2026

An inflation-linked rise in the general fuel levy will in no way be sufficient to plug the revenue hole left by scrapping the two VAT increases.

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SCA upholds pre-commencement tax debts in business rescue

The Supreme Court of Appeal confirms that re-quantifying a tax debt post-rescue commencement doesn’t create a new, preferential liability – cementing SARS’s place as a concurrent creditor under an approved rescue plan.

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Constitutionality of the minister’s power to amend tax rates remains untested

UCT tax lecturer Ben Cronin argues that by allowing the minister to amend the income tax rates by announcement in the Budget, Parliament has overstepped its competence, eroding the doctrine that places legislative authority firmly in its hands.

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Budget 3.0 coming after court-backed VAT suspension and new Rates Bill

SARS tells vendors there is now no legal basis for them to charge consumers VAT of 15.5% from 1 May.

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Tax Court faults SARS in R158m VAT case over legal insurance fund

SARS’s stance on input VAT was overturned after the court found the fund to be the principal in an insurance agreement – not merely an agent.

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Experts warn reversing VAT increase may be impractical

Once implemented on 1 May, undoing the VAT hike could prove nearly impossible. Even if Parliament later votes against the Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill, the logistics of refunding the collected VAT present formidable challenges.

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Proposal to tweak ‘bona fide inadvertent error’ in favour of SARS

The move will limit taxpayer defences that rely solely on claiming an unintentional mistake.

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VAT hike | Guidance for businesses on supply rules and timing

How the general and specific time-of-supply rules will determine whether transactions fall under the existing 15% VAT rate or the increased rate.

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South Africa already has wealth taxes, says Kieswetter

Almost half the revenue from personal taxes is derived from people who earn more than R1 million.

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Two (?) VAT hikes and no adjustments to the income tax brackets

A comprehensive round-up of the tax proposals affecting individual taxpayers and consumers.

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Provisional tax simplified: key deadlines and compliance strategies

Missing the provisional tax deadlines can lead to steep penalties and interest. This article outlines the key dates and payment rules to help you stay ahead.

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Proposed VAT increase: fiscal necessity or economic catastrophe?

Instead of hiking VAT, the government could fix its tax collection problems, improve state resource management, and stimulate the economy to boost revenue.

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Will a 2% VAT hike fix the Budget – or break consumers?

The VAT hike could add R58bn to government revenue, but with coalition partners clashing over its impact on ordinary South Africans, the debate over how to fund critical services without deepening the cost-of-living crisis is far from settled.

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Tax adjustments, debt concerns, and relief measures: a look at the Budget that wasn’t

A postponed Budget Speech means uncertainty for taxpayers, but the VAT hike and personal income tax adjustments offer insight into the government’s fiscal strategy.

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