Many hundreds, if not thousands of South Africans depart annually in search of greener fields abroad. Most of these expats retain their South African citizenship and live undisturbed with a work VISA issued by the foreign country…
SARS recently warned South African property owners who host fee-paying guests that “rental income they receive must be declared in their income tax returns”…
The Receiver of Revenue do a risk analysis regarding outstanding taxes on both the transferor and the transferee on all transfer transactions…
Author : Piet Nel, SAICA’s Project Director. Possible confusion regarding Provisional Tax penalties explained: The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has observed that there is some confusion in the market place regarding the penalties…
Author : SARS With effect from the 1st of October 2012 – Conveyancers will no longer be issued with a transfer duty receipt, unless SARS is provided with the following documentation and/or information on their software system at the time that application is made for the…
SARS defines donation as a “gratuitous disposal of property”. “A donation requires an element of sheer liberality on the part of the donor, thus highlighting the requirement that the transaction must be gratuitous in nature.”
Author : SARS Stamp Duty Amendments Affecting Leases of Fixed Property The Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act No. 77 of 1968) was repealed with effect from 1 April 2009. It should be noted that all lease agreements executed on or after to this date are not liable to Stamp…
Very often the question arises as to whether the purchaser must pay transfer duty on a particular transaction or whether there is no transfer duty payable as the transaction is in fact a VAT transaction.