South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes?
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its ...
How the proposed VAT hike threatens rural pensioners' survival | Budget 2025
Rural pensioners surviving on R2,190 monthly grants warn that Treasury's proposed 2% VAT increase would devastate their ...
South Africa’s finance minister wanted to raise VAT: the pros and cons of a tricky tax
The reason for the abrupt cancellation was the failure of the minister to get cabinet approval for the proposal to raise ...
Budget 2025 | How the proposed VAT hike threatens rural pensioners' survival
Rural pensioners surviving on R2,190 monthly grants warn that Treasury's proposed 2% VAT increase would devastate their ...
The South African on MSN20h
‘VAT gaan aan?’ : Nando’s pokes fun at 2% VAT increase fail
Nando's is adding their 'two cents' on the Minister of Finance's failure to implement a 2% VAT increase in his budget speech - for ...
The Citizen13h
Budget 2025 postponement: no immediate economic risks, but…
Treasury and the GNU will have a big job to change Budget 2025 into a budget all parties approve of, especially if the VAT increase is off the table.
NL Times14h
Cabinet party NSC says their plans for VAT rise were dismissed too quickly
Government party NSC thinks that the idea to raise VAT in order to prevent tariff increases on the culture, media, and sport ...
DutchNews.NL19h
Plans to raise VAT by 0.4% back on table after NSC backtracks
NSC has backtracked on its plans to hold VAT at 21% after joint party header Nicolien van Vroonhoven told parliament that she ...
This New York county’s sales tax is increasing: What to know
A county in New York will see its sales tax increase by March 1, according to the state’s Department of Taxation and Finance.
Budget 2025 | 'Jobs, not taxes': DA's campaign against 17% VAT proposal
The Democratic Alliance has launched a nationwide petition challenging the proposed VAT increase, arguing that South Africa's ...
Talk Business5h
Fort Smith Board approves consent decree sales tax plan, sewer fee increase
The May 13 election will include for Fort Smith residents a ballot item to change the city’s sales tax uses to pay for $385 million in bonds to meet ...
'We can't survive': Single mothers worry about the cost of living as VAT hike proposal adds more pain | Budget 2025
IOL went to the streets of Johannesburg to hear first-hand accounts from people on their financial struggles that an increase ...