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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Member alert: Inactive PR numbers

SAIT has recently received a number of queries from members with the following concern:

When the tax practitioner contacts the SARS call centre, or interacts with a SARS branch, they are informed that their PR number is inactive on the SARS system. However, the affected tax practitioners can still access and transact on eFiling. 

 

Upon investigation, SAIT has found that the relevant PR numbers was active on the internal SAIT membership system.  

 

SAIT has...

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
SARS MobiApp functionality to be extended to registered practitioners

Following engagements with tax practitioners, we are happy to announce that the SARS MobiApp service offerings will be extended to registered tax practitioners from 22 October 2019. The extended service offerings will allow registered tax practitioners the flexibility to transact on behalf of their personal income tax clients from their mobile devices.

 

This app update will give registered practitioners access to the full suite of MobiApp services for their personal income tax...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Tax Administration & Interpretation
(SARS and Office of the Tax Ombud)

Explanatory Memorandum on the TLAB of 2019
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Final Response Document on the 2019 Draft Tax Bills - 21 January 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
GN37 GG42961 Regulations under items (a) and (c) of def of ”determined value“ 17 Jan 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020

TAX CASES

Z v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (IT4412) [2019] ZATC 13 (26 August 2019)
Monday, January 6, 2020
X v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (IT13862; VAT1374) [2019] ZATC 12 (6 August 2019)
Monday, January 6, 2020
ABC Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (IT14255) [2019] ZATC 11 (9 July 2019)
Monday, January 6, 2020

Legislative & Policy
(National Treasury & Parliament)

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retirement; "Carbon Tax Act" means the Carbon Tax Act, 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019
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of section 13 of the Carbon Tax Act must be allowed to a taxpayer
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Friday, November 29, 2019
Rentia Janse Van Niewenhuizen
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Friday, November 15, 2019
Ivy Botopela
Monthly Index October 2019

Monthly Gazette Index
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National Government Gazettehttp://www.gpwonline.co.za/Gazettes/Gazettes/MonthlyIndexOctober2019.pdf
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Friday, November 1, 2019
Rentia Janse Van Niewenhuizen

Call For Comment
SAIT member comments can be directed to taxpolicyadmin@thesait.org.za

​1 November 2019 New!



Next due date for comments :

Monday, October 21, 2019
SARS
4 November 2019



Next due date for comments :

Monday, October 21, 2019
SARS
15 November 2019



Next due date for comments :

Monday, October 21, 2019
SARS
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International and Regional News
(OECD and ATAF)

Save the date: Sixth OECD Forum on Tax and Crime

Financial crime is one of the greatest threats to the economic and social well‑being of people living in all countries. Illicit financial activities such as tax evasion, corruption, terrorist financing, computer fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes are a global problem demanding a global response.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
OECD Tax Talks: Registration open

With a number of important recent and upcoming developments in the OECD's international tax work, experts from the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration give the latest tax update.

Friday, January 31, 2020
Viet Nam and Palau join the Global Forum on Tax Transparency

Viet Nam and Palau join the international fight against tax evasion by becoming the 159th and 160th member of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Friday, January 24, 2020

SAIT PUBLICATIONS

CPD Events

PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT

Cost of capital: 2020 Outlook

Join a group of project finance industry veterans about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank and term loan B debt and project bonds.

Friday, January 10, 2020
Update on grandfathering problems for venture capital companies

In our recent newsflash we commented on the new deduction limits for investors in venture capital companies (VCCs), as included in the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) released on 30 October 2019. 

The maximum deduction claimed by an investor in terms of section 12J of the Income Tax Act, may not exceed ZAR 5 million for a company, and ZAR 2.5 million for any person...

Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Case notes: Insurance Premium Tax on cross-border M&A insurance: ECJ decision on location of risk

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered its decision in A Ltd, a case concerning the location of insured risk, and therefore which jurisdiction can charge IPT, on cross-border M&A insurance policies.

Monday, November 25, 2019
Tax controversy survey: Procedures and issues for selected countries

Tax controversy lawyers with Norton Rose Fulbright around the globe have prepared a sixth annual survey of certain tax controversy procedures and issues.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019
IRS launches new enforcement campaign on section 965 transition tax
Thursday, November 7, 2019
How the ignorance and lack of knowledge of VAT vendors are affecting the poor, and everyone else

With the increase in the VAT rate from 14% to 15% on 1 April 2018 came great concern regarding the impact thereof on low-income households. The argument is that VAT is a regressive tax and that by increasing the VAT rate the poor are hit even harder than before. Although higher-income households pay more VAT in Rand value with a rate increase, they are still better off than the low-income households as the proportion of their income spent on VAT is less than that of the low-income households...

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Anculien Schoeman
Norton Rose Fulbright Luxembourg welcomes new tax partner

Tax lawyer Florent Trouiller has joined Norton Rose Fulbright's Luxembourg office as a partner.

Monday, October 21, 2019
Principal residence trusts for disabled persons: proposed legislative expansion

Our wealth and private client services group recently worked with the Department of Finance (Finance) to try to find a solution to a change in the law that resulted in unfair treatment of disabled Canadians.

Saturday, October 19, 2019
Five steps towards building the tax function of tomorrow—today
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Deloitte

Tax News In The Press

24 January 2020 - SARS Commissioner highlights illicit economy at International Customs Day event
Friday, January 24, 2020
SARS Targets Illicit Traders

[SAnews.gov.za] SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has committed the revenue collector to work closely with other government agencies to stamp out illicit trading plaguing various sectors.

Thursday, January 23, 2020
Final Response Document on the 2019 Draft Tax Bills - 21 January 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
No Smoke Without Fire - South Africa's Illicit Cigarette Trade

[ISS] The illicit trade in tobacco, especially cigarettes, costs South Africa's economy billions of rand annually through lost tax revenue. According to the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the estimated loss through the illegal cigarette trade for the 2015/16 financial year was R6 billion.

Monday, January 20, 2020
DA180 - Environmental levy account for carbon tax - 19 Dec 2019
Friday, January 17, 2020
Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act 33 of 2019 GG42951 15 January 2020
Wednesday, January 15, 2020