VAT increase still being challenged: What does this mean for business, policy and economy?

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The DA and EFF’s challenge to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s looming VAT increase is being heard in the Western Cape Division of the High Court, what does this mean from a policy and legal perspective? Severus Smuts, Director, Indirect Tax (VAT) at Deloitte Africa Tax & Legal and Economist, Dawie Roodt explain.

22 Apr 1PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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