BLSA hits out at Sars’ proposed fragmentation of customs functions
Business Leadership South Africa has come out against the South African Revenue Services’ proposed transfer of customs functions to a new Border Management Agency.
2017 Budget Speech
Country-by-Country reporting – Compliance clock is running out
SARS will use the County-by-Country Report to identify high-level transfer pricing risks and other BEPS related risks in South Africa.
Sugar Taxes: Health aid or Budget band aid
The imposition of a sugar tax introduces a mixed bag of arguments. Whether a sugar tax is the way to go at this stage is, at best, an uneasy argument.
PG’s R48bn budget contraction target needs bigger mix of spending cuts, tax increases
Pravin Gordhan’s budget task is not easy in a slow growth environment as he seeks to close a R48 billion budget contraction by further tax increases and cost cutting.
Insights into the South African 2017 budget
With government needing to raise an extra R28 billion in taxes, it is a foregone conclusion that taxes will go up. The only questions are, which taxes will go up, and by how much?
Matthew Lester’s Budget warmup cocktail. Why VAT is PG’s ticket to retirement.
A VAT increase is the quickest ticket for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s admission to the shady pines retirement village.