2025 - 2025-02-03

Was capping the offshore income exemption a mistake?

2025 - 2025-01-28

Is the VDP now only something for small errors?

Paul Gering | Tax Partner, PKF Durban

The Medtronic case highlighted the mechanisms of the Voluntary Disclosure Programme (VDP) to voluntarily notify SARS of large undisclosed income or overstated expenditure.

2024 - 2024-12-04

Transfer Pricing – more a journey than the destination

Antonia Nicoloudakis | Tax Specialist, PKF Octagon

As the world's connectivity expands, and companies strategise to be more dynamic and competitive in the market, tax authorities too are utilising the advancements in technologies to enhance their reach. With this international expansion of businesses comes the constraints and complexities of transfer pricing.

2024 - 2024-10-31

Trustees not complying with beneficial ownership requirements

2024 - 2024-10-29

Trust special filing season

Over the last few years, there have been debates between tax practitioners and SARS as to whether or not a Trust is a provisional taxpayer and as a consequence, what filing season dates are applicable to Trusts.

2024 - 2024-09-20

SARS Scrutiny: Provisional Tax Estimates

Provisional tax is a mechanism which essentially helps taxpayers to manage their income tax liabilities by having to avoid making one large payment on assessment. It is also a mechanism for SARS to collect taxes upfront helping SARS manage its tax collection mandate and cashflow.