Tax Breaks

SARS: Now we start picking up the pieces. The painful process of fixing SARS and regaining taxpayer trust must start with cold hard facts.

Hooray, hooray, it’s Tax Freedom Day! Congratulations, SA taxpayers—you've paid government. Now what you earn is yours

Levelling the playing fields? Why South Africa should seriously consider taxing its wealthy citizens.

Three ways SA businesses can save, and even earn. The first step involves determining your tax liability.

The NHI wrecking ball entrenches SA’s terminal illness. Taxes will certainly rise—but will access to healthcare improve?

When does tax advice become a fringe benefit? Supreme Court of Appeal hands SARS a big win over BMW and their ‘Big 4’ advisors.

Taxpayers are becoming increasingly disgruntled with the current state of affairs in South Africa. FOR SOME time now there have been murmurs of a tax revolt amongst South African taxpayers. For too many reasons to mention, South African taxpayers, sometimes publicly,...

ON 26 November 2019 the National Assembly passed the latest tax bills, which is set to be promulgated by President Ramaphosa a-er it has been passed by the National Council of Provinces. On the face of it, some concessions have been made for individual taxpayers, but...

ONE OF the first paragraphs in the annual tax report published by National Treasury and SARS gives one of the main reasons why public infrastructure is deteriorating and living standards for a large section of the population are falling.

FINANCE MINISTER Tito Mboweni’s 2020 National Budget speech was as positive as it could have been, given the current economic climate.

Employer tax breaks during the lockdown.

THE COVID-19 lockdown currently in place will have an impact on tax-related matters. This includes contact with SARS, returns and payments due to SARS, as well as disputes. It also has an impact on employers and their employees.

ON 4 MAY 2020, the Minister of Finance issued a telling directive in Government Gaze_e No. 43266, in terms of which “services required to comply with an obligation imposed by or to exercise a right in terms of a tax Act” are expressly included within the ambit of...