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Budget Speech 2025: VAT hike sparks public outrage
For the first time in 30 years, South Africa’s Budget process has been anything but smooth sailing. A divided Government of ...
Discover how the 2025 National Budget, approved by Cabinet, aims to address fiscal challenges while supporting South African families.
South Africa s finance minister unveiled Wednesday a budget with a smaller increase in value added tax than previously proposed, but it ...
South Africa's budget faces opposition as political parties debate a crucial increase in value-added tax. Finance Minister ...
Discover how South African experts are reacting to the 2025 Budget Speech, highlighting concerns over VAT increases, youth ...
Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living ...
South Africa's budget may be tweaked further as more talks between political parties will try to overcome differences over a ...
THE 2025 Budget maintains fiscal consolidation while acknowledging risks. It supports economic growth through increased infrastructure investment and manages spending pressures with a phased VAT rise ...
ONE of the biggest issues with the budget every year is that South Africa is not investing in growth-enhancing initiatives with a significant proportion of the budget going to paying off debt and ...
Indonesia's tax revenues in the first two months of 2025 were hit by falling commodity prices like coal, nickel and crude oil, as well administrative changes in the way income and value added taxes ...
Gabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados summarises the general aspects of the recently enacted Brazilian tax reform and calls on businesses to conduct a thorough assessment of its potential imp ...