Top Tax Transactions

Our Tax practice is able to respond swiftly and efficiently to South African and international tax matters. Team members have many years’ experience in consulting to the commercial sector and are able to provide integrated advice and assistance on a wide range of local or international tax issues.

Ongoing tax reforms and the growing administrative capacity of the South African Revenue Service have elevated tax law in South Africa to a highly specialised area of practice. The changes initiated in 1997 have since accelerated through developments such as the introduction of capital gains tax, the switch from source-based to residence-based taxation, increasingly complex corporate restructuring rules, amendments to employees’ tax and secondary tax on companies (with the latter replaced by a withholding tax in 2010).

The Tax team’s focus is on assisting corporates and high-net-worth individuals who seek comprehensive, up-to-date tax advice. Services range from consulting on the tax aspects of clients’ commercial dealings to interacting on their behalf with the tax authorities and, where necessary, dealing with objections and disputes. Team members are also skilled in handling settlement negotiations, appeals in the Tax Court and High Court, and alternative dispute resolution processes.

Special areas of expertise include the tax aspects of commercial activities such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity and black economic empowerment transactions, and corporate re-organisations.

In terms of international tax services, the team has a well established track record in inward and outward investment matters and offshore structuring, taking into account the exchange control implications thereof.

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