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Dividend Withholding Tax

Secondary Tax on Companies (STC) will be replaced by a Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT) as from 01 April 2012.    A company declaring and paying a dividend will be liable to withhold a dividend tax of 10% of the amount paid to a shareholder.   The amount must then be paid to SARS by the last day of the month following the month in which the dividend was paid.

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time is ticking...

 

 
The deadline is fast approaching for businesses to submit their Promotion of Access to Information Act manuals. Should a business fail to submit their manuals on or before 31 December 2011 they may face the risk of a fine and/or imprisonment.
Which business mu ...

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The ‘distinctiveness’ of a trade mark: an important factor

 

 
The Apartheid Museum which is located near Gold Reef City in Johannesburg was launched in 2001 and since then has become a well-known institution.
It has also been the subject matter of intense litigation, the most recent of which came before the South Gauteng Hi ...

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Two cabinet ministers given the boot

 

President Jacob Zuma announced a cabinet re-shuffle in which two ministers have lost their jobs following damning reports by the public protector.
Sicelo Shiceka, the minister of co-operative governance an ...

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Not a good day for Multichoice and TopTv

 

The National Consumer Commission has instructed Multichoice and TopTv to redraft contracts entered into with customers as they do not comply with the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.
The Commission is demanding further that Multichoice and TopTv break down the prices for each channel, and group chann ...

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We are a firm of attorneys on a great adventure to help creative individuals and businesses in a number of exciting industries come to grips with the legal and business issues shaping the way they do business in these crazy times. If you are an entrepreneur, media mogul, advertising agency, geek, ISP or any other modern day business looking to beef up your operations with some no-nonsense, down-to-earth, objective legal and business intelligence, give us a call.

We have packed this website full of information on a number of interesting and relevant legal topics ranging from copyright and information privacy to the deregulation of the telecoms industry in SA. Our blog, Across the Bar, has regular updates and quick insights and commentary on what is currently happening on the legal landscape. We put some more meat on the bones on our Articles page, and under our Resources page you will find copies of important cases, legislation and other source material.

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