On 12 January 2021, the Gauteng High Court delivered judgement in the matter of MTN (Pty) Ltd v CSARS (79960/2019) [2021], in respect of a declaratory order that MTN sought to confirm their interpretation of the VAT treatment of certain airtime vouchers. The VAT Act distinguishes between two types of vouchers – those that can be used for unknown goods and services at the time of issue (consider, for example, a retail shopping voucher); and those vouchers that can be spent on specific goods and services (in other words, not able to be used for goods and services other than those specified). […]