The man who saved South Africa from a 2% VAT hike

Instead of punishing all South Africans with higher prices for products and services, Sars has intensified tax compliance, in ...
The Citizen

Overhaul of VAT system could slash rate to 6%

The proposal is to have a system that resembles a sales tax by disallowing Vat input claims and to rely solely on the payment ...
BusinessTech

VAT increases on the cards for South Africa

Lula has called for the VAT registration threshold to be increased from R1 million following 16 years of no increases—while ...
U.S. News & World Report

South Africa Abandons Planned VAT Hike After Pushback

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa on Thursday scrapped plans to raise value-added tax after a political backlash that threatened the stability of the ruling coalition government. The proposal to ...
BusinessTech

VAT could be slashed to 6%, and another major world leader snubs South Africa

On Friday, 14 November, the rand was trading at R17.02 to the dollar, R22.37 to the pound and 19.81 to the euro. Oil was ...
U.S. News & World Report

South Africa's Budget Remains Stuck as Parties Reject Reduced VAT Hike

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A revised budget presented on Wednesday by South Africa's finance minister was immediately rejected by major political parties, even though a proposed increase in value-added tax ...
The Conversation

VAT hikes can raise tax without hurting the poor: an economist sets out the evidence

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s 2025-6 budget has been subjected to ...
Reuters

South Africa's cabinet considering expanding zero-rated VAT basket

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's cabinet may expand the basket of zero-rated value-added tax (VAT) items after it was hiked by 1 percentage point in last week's budget, the minister of ...