October 20, 2023

When SARS requests supporting documents

E-filing doesn’t allow ‘secured’ or password-protected documents to be uploaded—but there is a solution FOLLOWING SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter’s announcement that he intends to rebuild SARS’ […]
July 25, 2023

IRP5 not uploaded? Expect significant delays

When an employer’s failure to upload an IRP5 brings SARS to a grinding halt. One of my clients has recently retired and like all retirees, they […]
June 20, 2023

Lenders of money are not all ‘money lenders’

In many groups of companies, intra-group loans make sense as a way of funding the operations of the group. If the funds are sourced from outside […]
April 20, 2023

Disclose your defaults before SARS finds them!

A grim warning for South African taxpayers. Long gone are the days when tax fraudsters could run circles around SARS, which has intensified its efforts to […]
January 20, 2023

Tax compliance lives beyond death

A deceased estate takes on a (tax) life of its own while being wound up I started my first job back in September 1987 at the […]
November 17, 2021

Can SARS correct my assessment?

A taxpayer who is aggrieved by an assessment or decision of SARS against that taxpayer has the right to dispute that assessment or decision. If an […]
May 4, 2021

Arbitrary practices by SARS when issuing assessments

The Tax Administration Act provides for the audit and verification of taxpayers’ tax returns for all taxes administered by the Commissioner for the South African Revenue […]
October 22, 2020

Sale of dwellings by fixed property developers: SARS rules

In terms of the Tax Administration Act, the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) can issue Binding General Rulings (“BGR”) on matters of general interest or importance and clarifies the […]
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