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Tax amendments – 2016
INTRODUCTION The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2015, the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill, 2015 and the Rates and Monetary [...]
The dismissal process
ISSUE When does a dismissal take place and what must be shown to prove that fact? COMMISSIONER'S DECISION [...]
QUO VADIS – business rescue or liquidation?
Going under business rescue is proving to be an increasingly attractive option for South African companies that are in financial [...]
The special voluntary disclosure programme: an update and some practicalities and predicaments
By: The Werksmans Tax Team The Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (“SVDP”) kicked off on 1 October 2016 and runs until [...]
Certain provisions of the Environmental Conservation Act remain in force
The case of the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs v Really Useful Investments (436/2015) [2016] ZASCA 156 is a [...]
Can a sanction of a final written warning be substituted with one dismissal appeal?
ISSUE Can an employer substitute the sanction of a final written warning with one of dismissal on appeal? [...]
