ArticleThe 2025 VAT Law Amendments Impacting The Short-term Insurance IndustryImportant to the short-term insurance industry are the amendments, which took effect from 1 April 2026...South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleForum On Tax Administration - Moscow MeetingThe Forum on Tax Administration, comprising the heads of tax administrations from 45 economies, met in Moscow for the 8th meeting of the FTA. GlobalTaxENS
ArticleThe Fundamentals Of Registering Your Business With The CIPC In South AfricaAccording to recent reports, startups in South Africa raised over $832m in 2021. South AfricaCorporate/Commercial LawSidebrief Inc.
ArticleHow Will The 2019 Proposed Financing Provisioning Regulations Affect Mining Companies?In May 2019, the South African Proposed Regulations Pertaining to the Financial Provision for the Rehabilitation and Remediation of Environmental Damage South AfricaEnergy and Natural ResourcesENS
ArticleHow To Set Up An Offshore Trust – Five Key Factors To ConsiderThese are among the questions facing many South African taxpayers – and for a growing number, the answer lies in offshore trusts. South AfricaGovernment, Public SectorThe Sovereign Group
ArticleThe Constitutional Court Puts An End To Unfair Levies/Taxes Imposed On Indigenous CommunitiesThe levies/taxes at issue were imposed on indigenous communities for different reasons, including for reporting a death in a family, relocation to another village, and the allocation of a residential stand. South AfricaGovernment, Public SectorAdams & Adams
ArticleBad Debts: Effect On Exchange Gains Or LossesThe tax treatment of unrealised exchange gains or losses poses certain challenging questions when a foreign denominated debt becomes irrecoverable.South AfricaInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringPieter van der Zwan & Associates
ArticleTax Treatment Of Settlement AgreementsIt should come as little surprise that a faltering economy is often accompanied by an increase in litigation. South AfricaReal Estate and ConstructionENS
Article#SABudget2025: Is There Still A Chance Of The VAT Rate Being Reconsidered?Following Parliament's approval of the Fiscal Framework and the publication of the notice in the Government Gazette regarding the introduction of the Rates and Monetary Amounts...South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleAndersen Tax Review — 12 April 2021Notable Tax Law updates covering South African case law, legislation, SARS and global tax developments.South AfricaTaxTabacks
ArticleATAF's ResponseOn 1 July 2021, the OECD announced that 130 out of 139 countries in the Inclusive Framework have agreed to join a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules,this includes all of the G20.South AfricaTaxSNG Grant Thornton
ArticleBe Aware Of The Changes To The Utilization Of Assessed LossesSouth African corporate taxpayers currently enjoy full utilization of assessed losses. In determining taxable income, the corporate taxpayers can set off their full extent...South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleCan Taxpayers Now "bypass" The Often Slow Tax Dispute Resolution Process?In the recent judgment of ABSA Bank Limited and another v CSARS, the South African High Court considered whether a taxpayer is permitted to review a decision by the South African Revenue Service in the High Court.South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleClarification Of Tax On Payments To Non-Executive DirectorsThere has been uncertainty around the tax treatment of fees paid to non-executive directors. While it is clear that the amounts will be subject to income tax, the question was when and how this tax should be collected.South AfricaTaxPieter van der Zwan & Associates
ArticleCreating Value Through Business Model OptimisationBusiness Model Optimisation is a process whereby value is created through business transformation.South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleDecoding Transfer Pricing: The Commercialisation Of IP For Multinational CorporationsWhen companies operate globally, they often share goods and services within their own network of subsidiaries. The prices they set for these transactions are known as transfer pricing. South AfricaTaxFairbridges
ArticleDisputing Understatement PenaltiesUnderstatement penalties (USP) are imposed in respect of understatements by a taxpayer.South AfricaTaxPieter van der Zwan & Associates
ArticleExit Charge: SARS Takes Its OwnThe first draft of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2013 was published by National Treasury on 4 July 2013. South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleImportant Change To Participation Exemption In Respect Of Sale Of Shares In A Foreign CompanySouth African residents are taxed on their worldwide income, and a capital gain arising from the sale of shares in a foreign company will be subject to South African tax unless an exemption applies or a double tax agreement provides otherwiseSouth AfricaTaxENS