“No, we aren’t being selective…”

Tags: VAT Reading Time: 3 minutes Emerging in the recent tax submission season, many have expressed their ongoing frustrations with The South Africa Revenue Services (SARS) regarding their methods for tax return verification selection. This verification requires the...

VAT on electronic services

Tags: Accounting, VAT Reading Time: 3 minutes On 24 October 2018, National Treasury published new regulations pertaining to “electronic services” defined in Section 1 of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act of 1991. These regulations relate specifically to the provision of...

VAT Compliance | 10 Common Mistakes to Avoid

Tags: SARS, Tax Reading Time: 4 minutes VAT Compliance Mistakes that you want to avoid Not meeting tax return requirements, compliance matters and deadlines could lead to your company being audited and investigated by SARS. All processes relating to these...

VAT increase and accounting systems

Tags: 1 April 2018, National Treasury, VAT increase Reading Time: 2 minutes As you are aware, the National Treasury announced an increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) from 14% to 15% effective 1 April 2018. We urge you to ensure that your accounting systems are set up to...

Terminating temporary VAT relief of residential property letting

Tags: letting, residential property, temporary VAT Reading Time: 4 minutes While most sectors of the South African economy celebrated the expectations of stable growth under a more business-friendly regime in 2018, these celebrations would have been somewhat subdued...