Beneficial Ownership. CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission) is an agency that regulates the registration and compliance of companies and intellectual property. One of its functions is to keep a register of beneficial ownership (BO) for companies and close corporations. A beneficial owner is a natural person who ultimately owns [...]
A Social Partnership To Boost Confidence, Restart The Economy And Conduct Urgent Reforms (Extract from the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement) The economic recovery plan was developed through extensive consultations between government, business, labour and civil society. It has two broad components. A range of immediate and short-term measures will be taken to rebuild confidence, [...]
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 [...]
Budget Speech Review - Focus on Value Added Tax While there were a number of changes announced in the recent budget speech, none were as significant as the increase in the standard rate of VAT from 14 to 15%. While largely anticipated the practical implications need to be reviewed in order to ensure compliance from [...]
Tax Season 2017 Now Open Tax Season 2017 officially opened on Saturday, 1 July 2017 for eFilers. To assist you we have prepared some helpful information below. Not everyone needs to file an income tax return. Taxpayers do not have to submit an income tax return if: Their total salary for the year before tax [...]
