Tag: tax avoidance

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, its pursuit of total domination, by any means necessary, and the growing efforts to stop it.

The fourth edition of our report on cross-border tax in Africa explores shifting trends in transfer pricing (TP) – many related to broader taxation themes – and considers what these may mean for multinational entities (MNEs) and revenue authorities.

The Multilateral Instrument (MLI), or to give it its full name, the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), is a multilateral treaty (agreement) developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the support of the G20, to update the international tax rules through the implementation of a series of tax treaty measures without the need for countries to separately renegotiate each of their existing tax treaties.

Yachting has been one of the great pleasures of my life. It is mostly a contest between yourself and the elements. Yacht racing pits you against these same elements, and against often unseen and distant competitors.

When it comes to funding the basic income grant (BIG), I caution against putting further financial pressure on tax-paying citizens and the private sector. The BIG is the big issue on the table this year, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares his inaugural Budget Speech.

With the South African Bitcoin/ZAR weekly trading volume, to name just one, currently standing close to R30 million, there are various manners in which the South African Revenue Service (SARS) can track the gains made by South African taxpayers who trade cryptocurrencies.

The saying goes that we should pay Caesar what he is due and not what he demands. To achieve this in tax planning, estate planners use donations as one of the ways in which to effectively and legally help individuals reduce the taxable values of their estates. Donations of up to R100,000 per year can be used to reduce estate duty.

Legal Aspects of Financing Corporates covers the gamut of legal and taxation implications concerning the financing of corporates and will be of great use to postgraduate students in commercial law, corporate advisors, lawyers, in-house counsel, financial institutions and SARS employees.

On 20 February 2019, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced new anti-dividend stripping tax avoidance provisions relating to 'disguised sales', which is intended to address perceived abuse of the dividend stripping provisions that were enacted in 2017.

Globally, tax is making headlines with an increasing focus on tax avoidance or aggressive tax planning, to increase the revenue collection by governments. While specific anti-avoidance rules are already available, general anti-avoidance rules (GAARs) were adopted in South Africa and elsewhere, coupled with a greater focus on addressing base erosion and profit shifting.