Employer Annual Declarations (EMP501): 1 April to 31 May 2024. As an employer, it’s essential to stay informed about your tax obligations. The Employer Annual Declaration period is a crucial time when you need to submit accurate information to the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Let’s dive into the details: [...]
Overview of Monetary Policy Committee Statement. High inflation and weak economic growth continue to shape global conditions alongside monetary and fiscal policy responses. Russia’s war in the Ukraine drags on, impairing trade and raising prices of a wide range of energy, food and other commodities. Growth in the United States is set [...]
Wealth Tax to fund Basic Income Grant (BIG)? There have recently been calls for a wealth tax to fund BIG. While it is readily acknowledged that South Africa is the most unequal society in the world, The implementation of a wealth tax is not that easily achieved. The Davis Tax Committee in [...]
Asset Tokenization As emerging technologies become more accepted and established throughout society, old problems become solved and new opportunities start to arise. Blockchain has been around for over a decade and has been popularized mostly through its association with cryptocurrencies. Offering numerous benefits, new applications of blockchain are constantly being researched in [...]
Deferral Of The Payment Of Employees’ Tax Liability For Tax Compliant Small To Medium Sized Businesses In order to assist with alleviating any cash flow burden arising as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak,Government proposes the following tax measures for tax compliant small to medium sized businesses, for a limited period of four months, [...]
Annual Inflation Continues to Fall A recent report from STATSA states that annual inflation eased further in November, falling to 3,6% from October’s 3,7%. This is the third successive month of disinflation, which means that the pace of price increases is slowing down. November’s reading is the lowest since December 2010 when the rate was [...]
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2019 The 2019 MTBPS has been resented by Minister Tito Mboweni. His opening statement was a reference to the Aloe Ferox plant he brought to Parliament when presenting the February 2019 budget. “This little aloe is emerging from a long winter. During that winter, the ground became hard. The leaves [...]
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) Nhlanhla Nene is the first victim of the “State Capture Enquiry”. Just twoweeks before presenting a critical MTBPS, he resigned after a massive public backlash regarding his initial non-disclosure regarding his meetings with the infamous Gupta family. His replacement, Tito Mboweni, has been well received by the markets and [...]
The Davis Tax Committee Concludes Its Work The Davis Tax Committee (DTC) has announced the conclusion of its work and the publication of the following four final reports: VAT (replaces the first VAT report); Corporate income tax (CIT); Public benefit organisations (PBO’s); Wealth tax. The reports are based on the mandate of the DTC as per its Terms [...]
