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Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act 24 of 2020 GG44082 20 January 2021
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Rates and Monetary Amounts Act 22 of 2020 GG44082 20 January 2021
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 23 of 2020 GG44082 20 January 2021
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

TAX CASES

ABC (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (13950) [2020] ZATC 4 (24 February 2020)
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
ABC Trading CC v Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (1712) [2020] ZATC 2 (29 April 2020)
Monday, December 21, 2020
X v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (13720) [2020] ZATC 1 (27 March 2020)
Monday, December 21, 2020

Legislative & Policy
(National Treasury & Parliament)

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Friday, October 9, 2020
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Call For Comment
SAIT member comments can be directed to taxpolicyadmin@thesait.org.za

​21 August 2020 New!



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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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International and Regional News
(OECD and ATAF)

Updated guidance on tax treaties and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

This note revisits the guidance issued by the OECD Secretariat in April 2020 on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tax treaties. The guidance represents the Secretariat's views, supported by Working Party 1, on the interpretation of the provisions of tax treaties intending to provide more certainty to taxpayers during this exceptional period when those measures were applicable.

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Platform for Collaboration on Tax's New Toolkit Helps Countries Implement Effective Transfer Pricing Documentation Requirements

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax, a joint initiative of IMF, OECD, UN and the World Bank, has released the final version of the Practical Toolkit to Support the Successful Implementation by Developing Countries of Effective Transfer Pricing Documentation Requirements.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Estonia deposits its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral BEPS Convention

Estonia deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (Multilateral Convention or MLI), which now covers over 1700 bilateral tax treaties, thus underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and BEPS by multinational enterprises. For Estonia, the MLI will enter into force on 1 May 2021.

Friday, January 15, 2021

SAIT PUBLICATIONS

CPD Events

PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT

You may want to emigrate...but your money may not be allowed to - MSN South Africa

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National Treasury has published the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill for public comment. Much of the talk has ...

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
You may want to emigrate... but your money may not be allowed to - 947.co.za

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National Treasury has published the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill for public comment. Much of the talk has been around ...

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
Want to withdraw retirement funds on emigration? National Treasury and SARS say try again in 3 years’ time - Media Xpose

by Joon Chong, Partner & Wesley Grimm, Associate at Webber Wentzel
The National Treasury published the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
Want to withdraw retirement funds on emigration? National Treasury and SARS say try again in 3 years' time - Polity.org.za

The National Treasury published the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2020 (Draft Tax Bill) for public comment. One of the more ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
Withdrawing retirement funds and emigration: The 3-year rule - Money-Marketing

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by Joon Chong, Partner & Wesley Grimm, Associate at Webber Wentzel
The National Treasury published the ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
The cost of corona: SA will need R3.4trn to recover - The Citizen

Tax under collection, subdued economic growth, tax dodgers and the growth of the illicit economy are all contributing factors that will ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Webber Wentzel News
Fast Growth Tech Company

Our team of leading technology, corporate M&A, financing and tax lawyers will be delivering a five-part series, which will provide guidance on the multitude of issues and factors that need to be considered in the funding and M&A of rapidly growing technology companies.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The limited discoverability of tax returns

Thomas Hall and Judith Archer indicate that the New York Commercial Division continues to exercise great caution to avoid unnecessary disclosure of tax returns.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Alberta expands TIER regulation to reduce scope of federal carbon taxes

Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER) has been amended to allow more industrial facilities to voluntarily opt in to Alberta’s carbon emission reduction regime and not be subject to federal carbon taxes.

Friday, August 21, 2020

Tax News In The Press

Covid-19 - Cell Phone Study Shows Where Infections Take Place

[GroundUp] A study published in the journal Nature by Serina Chang and her colleagues in November 2020 used American cell phone data to identify the places where people are most likely to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

Thursday, January 14, 2021
GroundUp
Minister Zweli Mkhize - Update On SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout Strategy

[Govt of SA] In line with our commitment to keep the public informed of developments relating to the vaccine rollout strategy, we wish to communicate recent developments of national importance.

Thursday, January 7, 2021
Govt of SA
31 December 2020 - Publication of the Annual Tax Statistics for 2020
Friday, January 1, 2021
Statement on New SARS-CoV-2 Variant with Multiple Spike Protein Mutations

[Africa CDC] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) wishes to raise awareness of Member States regarding the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which was reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom over the past week. Africa CDC is closely following up with authorities in South Africa, where the variant was first identified in Nelson Mandela Bay and has rapidly spread through the Eastern and Western Capes, as well as KwaZulu-Natal.

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Africa CDC
Angola Suspends Travel From 4 Countries Over Coronavirus Variant

[East African] Angola has suspended air, land and sea connections with South Africa, Australia, Nigeria and UK due to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant SARS-CoV-2.

Monday, December 28, 2020
East African
SARS Temporarily Closes Branches

[SAnews.gov.za] As part of measures to slow down the spread of COVID-19, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) offices will temporarily close with effect from Christmas Eve.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020
SAnews.gov.za