VAT CONCERNS FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
On 3 April 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a judgement against Diageo South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Diageo SA”) in a value-added tax (“VAT”) matter relating to the supply of advertising and promotion (“A&P”) services to various non-South African brand owners in the group. Diageo SA entered into an agreement with the foreign brand […]
RECENT COURT CASE ON THE IMPOSITION OF UNDERSTATEMENT PENALTIES
The Supreme Court of Appeal (“ZASCA”) delivered a judgment[1] on 26 February 2019 on the imposition of understatement penalties as provided for in the Tax Administration Act .[2] In this case, the taxpayer paid provisional income tax (“IT”) of R13.8 million to the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) for the 2011 to 2014 years of […]