VAT should be dealt with cautiously and if the hike is rejected, then Parliament will have to find alternative options to fund the revenue gap, according to chair of the Standing Committee on Finance Yunus Carrim. He was delivering the concluding remarks to

A question raised about the 1% value-added tax (VAT) increase to 15% as from April 1 2018, as announced in Budget 2018, is how it will affect fixed property sales currently in progress or under negotiation. Leonard Willemse, senior tax consultant at Mazars, explains this question stems

Shrinkflation, an unpopular term among consumers, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity while their prices remain the same. Manufacturers engage in this practice to make money. Angelique Ruzicka has some tips on how to beat them at their own game Manufacturers often want to increase

Consumers who decide to reduce their savings by even R100 or R200 per month to buffer against the impact of the 1 percentage point VAT increase, are effectively robbing themselves of the benefit of compounded growth. Compound interest is essentially the addition of interest