The Supreme Court has hit SARS with a R35 million fine, ruling that the taxman cannot issue tax demands without properly considering the evidence, giving reasons, and following fair administrative procedures.
South Africa has yet to see a meaningful increase in maritime enforcement activity or economic benefit despite the rerouting of global vessel traffic around the Cape of Good Hope since late 2023.
A judgment of the Megawatt Park, Johannesburg Tax Court in February 2025 (IT25209), now on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (Oakleaf Investments Holdings 79 (Pty) Ltd t/a Lesedi Power Company v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service), raises an important procedural question in South African tax litigation: to what extent may SARS reformulate its case during the appeal process without issuing a revised assessment?
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