“SARS will implement these tax relief measures because compliant taxpayers have paid their fair share of tax, making it possible for government to provide such a temporary safety net in a time of extreme difficulty” (SARS) Battered by national lockdowns of varying intensity since March last year, many businesses have been further affected by weeks […]

07 September – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 23 September – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 29 September – Excise Duty payments 30 September – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax payments where applicable 30 September – End of the 2nd Financial Quarter 30 September – Personal Income Tax (PIT) top-up Provisional […]

“We would simply ask taxpayers to consider carefully the longer-term implication of defining an area in their primary residence as a home office for tax purposes” (Edward Kieswetter – SARS Commissioner) “All employers should allow their employees to work from home unless it is absolutely necessary for them to perform work on-site” was among the […]

“One of our strategic objectives is to make it easy for taxpayers to comply with their tax obligations, and hard and costly for those who willfully do not comply” (Edward Kieswetter, SARS Commissioner) Earlier this year, SARS and the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa) announced that they are joining up to deal with […]

7 August – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 August – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 August – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax Payments, where applicable 30 August – Excise Duty Payments 30 August – Personal Income Tax (PIT) Provisional Tax Payments Disclaimer: The information provided herein should not be used […]

 “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” (Mark Twain) To avoid the last-minute rush, the risk of errors and omissions, and the cost of late submissions, penalties and audits, there is no better time to get ahead on your company and individual tax returns than the day the 2021 tax season opens. What applies […]

“All forms of rental income must be declared to SARS … We are … determined to make it hard and costly for non-compliant taxpayers not willing to meet their obligations. We are working hard to improve system capabilities, in order to detect those taxpayers who do not comply by using data to identify risk” (extracts […]

“If [business is] not listening to the youth, they are not listening to their future competitors, employees, or customers” (Wadia Ait Hamza, head of Global Shapers at the World Economic Forum) Youth Day commemorates and celebrates the impact the youth of a country can have on the future – the Soweto Uprising on 16 June […]

7 June – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 June – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 29 June – Excise Duty payments 30 June – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments 30 June – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax Payments where applicable 30 June – End of the 1st Financial […]