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Various Tax Regulations Issued

  • Remission of Interest and Penalties Regulations revoked
  • VAT General Regulations amended
  • VAT Exemption Management Procedures Regulations promulgated

 

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Goldsmiths Solicitors

The Tax and Fiscal Regime under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021

In our third series examining the main provisions of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), we consider some of the tax and fiscal provisions under the Act.

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Templars

Attorney General of Rivers State vs. Federal Inland Revenue Service: A Review of the Pros and Cons of this Landmark VAT Decision

The recent decision in the case between Attorney General of Rivers State vs Federal Inland Revenue Service & Attorney General of the Federation by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt rendered a groundbreaking decision on the implementation and collection o..

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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Crypto assets: Current and future tax and exchange control considerations

Crypto assets are a young and boisterous part of the current financial landscape. Recent developments point to crypto assets becoming an entrenched, although still volatile, part of the global financial system. A prime exam..

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ENSafrica

National Treasury set to limit assessed tax losses: agricultural and mining sectors among those industries to bear the brunt

The National Treasury (“NT”’) published its draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill with accompanying Explanatory Memorandum on 28 July 2021 (the “draft Bill”). By now it is well known that the draft Bill contains a fairly radical ..

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Bowmans

Mauritius: New Tax Treaty with Lesotho

The double taxation agreement (DTA) that was signed by Mauritius and Lesotho on 2 March 2021 entered into force on 7 June 2021. The new DTA replaces the DTA entered into between the two countries in 1997.

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Webber Wentzel

No Doge-ing the Tax Bill on Cryptocurrency Transactions

Have you (i) sold your cryptocurrencies (crypto); (ii) exchanged one crypto for another crypto; (ii) purchased goods and services using crypto; (iii) mined or forked for crypto; (iv) received staking rewards in crypto; (v) ..

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