Revised: COVID-19 Draft Disaster Management Tax Bills

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Finance Standing Committee

National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) publish, for public comment, the revised 2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and 2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill. These Bills give effect to the media statement issued by National Treasury on 24 April 2020 regarding further tax measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, following the address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 21 April 2020.

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The revised 2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and the 2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill provide the necessary legislative amendments required to implement the further tax measures aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic and also take into account public comments received on the initial batch of COVID-19 draft tax bills published on 1 April 2020.

 

Media statement - Publication of the revised COVID-19 Draft Tax Bills for public comment

Draft Rule amendments under the Customs and Excise Act 1964 - COVID 19 Relief Measures - 1 May 2020

Draft Explanatory Memorandum on the Revised Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill - 1 May 2020

Original 1 April 2020 draft bills:

2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill 

2020 Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill