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Seven top tax tips for SMEs

19 January 2017 | Tax

With the many challenges small business owners face every day, being tax compliant is often not at the top of the list and tax deadlines often come and go in the struggle of trying to keep the business afloat.

Proposed high tax exemption will negatively impact SA multinationals that have assessed group losses

24 November 2016 | Tax

Proposed tax amendments to SA’s controlled foreign company (CFC) rules will adversely impact South African multinationals with foreign subsidiaries that have assessed tax losses, warns PwC International Tax. The amendments which are intended to provide benefits for CFS that are in a loss making position are misleading and fundamentally flawed. “The proposed amendments will make it more difficult for local multinationals to compete with other corporations abroad amidst the current economic uncertainty,” says Cor Kraamwinkel, a tax partner in PwC’s International Tax division.

Tax changes target employee share buy-backs

22 November 2016 | Tax

National Treasury hold back on taxing all employee dividends but takes aim at avoidance.

The sugar tax debate

10 November 2016 | Tax

The worldwide attempt to reduce obesity has been given the ‘thumbs up’ by a few forward-thinking fiscal departments in several countries, with South Africa recently joining the fight against obesity.

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