VAT and the recovery of costs
The question of whether VAT must be levied on costs that are on-charged often arises, particularly when no VAT was incurred on the cost in...
Seelan Moonsamy
Seelan Moonsamy is a tax manager at ENSafrica. He specialises in various aspects of Value-Added Tax (VAT).
He has acted for clients in the insurance, mining, education, banking, retail, petroleum and telecommunications industries.
Seelan’s experience includes assisting in alternative dispute resolution, providing VAT opinions, applications for private binding rulings, and conducting VAT reviews.
He has been involved in various legislative aspects and policy issues related to Indirect Taxes (with a specific focus on VAT), and has worked extensively on the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act amendments (policy discussions, legislation changes, and drafting the applicable explanatory memorandum inserts), and has managed stakeholder consultations and assisted in the drafting of the National Gambling Tax Bill.
Seelan has also presented at numerous VAT seminars and has conducted VAT-based workshop training for various clients.
