INTRODUCTION Where a VAT Vendor acquires fixed property from a Non-VAT Vendor, such transaction is subject to Transfer Duty at the prescribed rates. Prior to 10 January 2012, the purchasing VAT-Vendor was (under certain circumstances) able to claim the transfer duty paid in respect of the acquisition from SARS as a notional input tax credit.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY This matter considered whether a real right to a half-share in immovable property vests in a spouse, immediately after the dissolution of a marriage. More specifically, the court was tasked with determining whether the real right to the half-share in the immovable property vested in terms of a court order, incorporating a
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY The Supreme Court of Appeal (“the SCA”) recently dismissed an appeal brought by NPGS Protection and Security Services CC (“the First Appellant”) and Mr. Llwellyn Rwaxa (“the Second Appellant”), herein after collectively referred to as “the Appellants” against a judgment of the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg (“the