March 20, 2021

Budget 2021: Corporate tax amendments

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his third annual budget address on 24 February 2021. The corporate tax rate reduction from 28% to 27% for years of assessment commencing on or after 1 April 2022 was arguably the most significant windfall for corporate taxpayers, although the actual cash benefits thereof will only be seen in the 2023 calendar year. Below, we highlight some of the other significant proposals, which will likely be contained in the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill to be published for public comment in June or July this year. Refining the interaction between anti‐value shifting rules and corporate reorganisation rules The Income Tax Act curbs the use of structures that shift value […]
March 20, 2021

Budget 2021: Individuals and savings

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his third annual budget address on 24 February 2021. Below we highlight some of the significant proposals, which will likely be contained in the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill to be published for public comment in June or July 2021. Applying tax on withdrawals of retirement interest when an individual ceases to be a tax resident When an individual ceases to be a South African tax resident, retirement funds are not always subject to withdrawal tax in terms of the Act. At issue is the tax treatment of retirement interest when an individual ceases to be a South African tax resident but […]
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