By the end of April, small businesses across South Africa were bracing for the knock-on effects of a VAT hike that never came. SMMEs juggling rising costs and shrinking margins faced the policy ...

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The government’s handling of the 2025 budget has led to unnecessary costs for businesses, who prepared for a VAT hike that was ultimately scrapped. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana formally ...

While VAT will no longer drive up wine and alcoholic beverage prices, the 6,7% increase in excise duties remains unsustainable. “We made it clear that the above-inflation excise hike would cripple ...

In a move that brings relief to many South Africans, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will introduce measures to reverse the value-added tax (VAT) hike. Godongwana had initially proposed raising ...

London business leaders have renewed their pleas to the Government to axe the so called “tourist tax” ahead of a feared “summer of discontent” caused by higher taxes and lower numbers of ...

Initially, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had wanted the VAT to be raised by two percentage points. / Gallo Images Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has instructed the National Treasury not to ...