Subject to any applicable exemption, donations tax is payable on the value of any property disposed of under any donation...
Graeme Palmer 26 Nov 2019
On 1 March 2020, an amendment to the foreign employment income exemption comes into operation. There have been misperceptions about those expatriates that will be affected by this change to the tax law...
Graeme Palmer 18 Oct 2019
The Supreme Court of Appeal recently had to decide whether tax consultants contracted by BMW South Africa to facilitate the tax compliance of the company's expatriate employees constituted a taxable fringe benefit for the employee...
Graeme Palmer 23 Sep 2019
There are tax benefits for registering a non-profit organisation as a public benefit organisation (PBO) with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), whether such organisation is a non-profit company, trust or association...
Graeme Palmer 28 Jun 2019
The levy income of a body corporate, share block or an association of persons, such as a home owners association (residential estate), is exempt from income tax. However, not all income received by a residential estate is exempt from tax, only levy income...
Graeme Palmer 23 Apr 2019
In the recent case of Milnerton Estates Limited v CSARS, the Supreme Court of Appeal had to decide whether to include the purchase price in a property developer's 2013 year of assessment...
Graeme Palmer 25 Feb 2019
To err is human and mistakes are sometimes made on tax invoices. The draft Administration Laws Amendment Bill, 2018 proposes the inclusion of a new section 20(1B) dealing with errors to tax invoices...
Graeme Palmer 23 Oct 2018
SARS released a Binding General Ruling on 25 July 2018 on the temporary letting of residential dwellings by developers, principally to provide clarity of the cessation of section 18B of the Value Added Tax Act, 1991...
Graeme Palmer 24 Aug 2018
There are periods of limitations for issuing assessments which are set out in section 99 of the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 ("TAA")...
Graeme Palmer 27 Jun 2018
Cryptocurrencies are completely unregulated, and although not regarded as legal tender, there are no laws preventing them being used as payment...
Graeme Palmer 30 Oct 2017
SARS has provided further guidance on when pre-trade expenditure may be deducted for the purpose of determining taxable income...
Graeme Palmer 27 Sep 2017
When does income accrue to a taxpayer from the sale of immovable properties in the course of its trade?
Graeme Palmer 27 Jun 2017
The Tax Court in M v the Commissioner for SARS recently addressed the question of when does income accrue to a taxpayer from the sale of immovable properties in the course of its trade...
Graeme Palmer 27 Jun 2017
Tax authorities have over the years introduced various withholding taxes to make it easier to collect tax from foreigners...
Graeme Palmer 22 Aug 2016
SARS recently issued a new draft Interpretation Note 16 on the requirements to qualify for a tax exemption on foreign employment income...
Graeme Palmer 24 Jun 2016
Sections of the Income Tax Act provides for the taxation of foreign sportspersons, such as the professional athletes competing in races like the up-coming Comrades...
Graeme Palmer 24 May 2016
Companies often lend funds to their shareholders, for a variety of reasons, and are often referred to as debit loans. However, if a loan is made to a shareholder at a low interest rate or interest free, it may trigger dividends tax...
Graeme Palmer 1 Mar 2016
The Treasury has published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment by 15 December 2015...
Graeme Palmer 9 Dec 2015
In the recent Binding Private Ruling 208, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) considered the tax consequences of a repayment of a shareholder's loan from the proceeds of a new share issue by a company...
Graeme Palmer 11 Nov 2015
A tax debt is defined in the Tax Administration Act, 2011 (the TAA) as an amount of tax due or payable in terms of a tax Act and, like any other debt, can prescribe. Once a tax debt prescribes, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) can no longer recover it...
Graeme Palmer 4 Sep 2015
