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Sars targets prominent persons for their company’s tax debts
Updated 6 hours ago SARS are leveraging their powers under the Tax Administration Act, which provides for instances in which the Directors, Public Officers, or other... →
Flexible working practices: Balancing business needs and employee preference
Updated 6 hours ago The aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdowns has compelled employers to reconsider these norms and to find new ways of establishing and sustaining... →
Beyond textbooks: The tax lessons you only learn on the job
18th September 2025 What you think you know about tax when coming out of university changes quickly once you step into a top tax practice. Within the first few weeks... →
A critical overview of the sharing economy through the short-term rental regulatory landscape
18th September 2025 Short-term rentals have become a topical and sometimes contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the City of Cape Town. Media reports show... →
National Treasury’s Tax Amendment Bills Puts “Bona Fide Inadvertent Error” on the Chopping Block
17th September 2025 For years, taxpayers and their advisors have relied on a small phrase in the Tax Administration Act (TAA) as a defence against understatement... →
Cabinet approves the Water Services Amendment Act: Strengthening water supply services beyond the tap
17th September 2025 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has highlighted that, over the last decade, water infrastructure and water supply services have... →
Navigating the tides of taxation: Increased scrutiny on seafarer exemptions
17th September 2025 South African seafarers, whose careers on cruise ships, geographical vessels or fishing vessels often take them across international waters, are... →
Rethinking peer review in the AI era: How Sabinet empowers scholarly publishing
17th September 2025 Peer review is the foundation of scholarly integrity. It safeguards the accuracy, credibility, and transparency of academic publishing. Yet in... →
Sars holds crypto-traders to account per the “International Tax Standard”
16th September 2025 The draft Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and revised Common Reporting Standard (CRS) regulations, proposed to be effective 01 March 2026,... →
National Treasury’s vicious crackdown on CIS tax avoidance
15th September 2025 National Treasury has proposed three major amendments affecting portfolios of Collective Investment Schemes (CISs) in the draft Taxation Laws... →
