Avoid frustration with the tax dispute process

Tax disputes can be time-consuming and expensive, especially if an objection has been disallowed and the taxpayer needs to go on appeal. Taxpayers’ frustrations with the tax dispute process are often exacerbated when a taxpayer lodges an appeal, only for SARS to…

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Estate planning – Only for the rich?

When one hears of someone’s “Estate” immediately episodes from Bling Empire – lifestyles of the fabulously rich and somewhat famous, flash before our eyes –...

by Shaun Benater

Death and taxes

There are very few certainties in life. And 2020 has seemingly proven this (time and time again). But it was Christopher Bullock who coined the...

by Roxanne Benater

New trilingual African Multidisciplinary Tax Journal to launch February 2021

Original, high-level and evidence-based multi-disciplinary research papers in all areas of taxation in Africa available as a print or digital publication. African countries face challenges in optimising taxation to achieve their developmental targets. In…

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So, you want to sell your business?

A large part of my practice over the nearly 30 years has comprised what us lawyers refer to as “transactional work” or “M&A”. Fancy sounding...

by Andrew Parsons

Social Relief of Distress Programme under the spotlight

Automation of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) programme going forward. This is one of the recommendations put forward by the social development department during a...

by Sabinet

Transfer duty and transfer costs

When purchasing a property, there is often confusion when it comes to distinguishing between transfer duty and transfer costs. Transfer Duty: In respect of property acquisitions, transfer...

by Peter van Niekerk, Donovan Avenant and Lerosha Naidoo

SARS, stand in line: How tax debts rank in business rescue

A company in financial distress may have a variety of outstanding tax debts at the commencement of business rescue. Besides capital amounts of tax due,...

by Joon Chong

SARS, stand in line: How tax debts rank in business rescue

Africa’s integrated response to COVID-19

The global pandemic of the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in leaders in Africa imposing strict controls to help curb the virus in their respective countries....

by Rene Devprasad, Taliya Naidoo and Shannon Ally

Law firm finance 101 – Tools to limit interest expense on third party funding

It is our recommendation that this article is read in conjunction with an earlier piece published on Taurus Capital’s website, titled, the Interest Tax Shield,...

by Darius Zeederberg

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