Resolving disputes with SARS often takes up an ever-increasing amount of a tax practitioner’s time. Help us at hand! This webinar provides practical, useful guidance on how to navigate the dispute resolution process.
The webinar outlines, in understandable language and with a very practical focus, the steps to be taken in resolving disputes with SARS. Furthermore, the webinar explains the circumstances in which penalties can be waived or reduced and takes you through the process to be followed in order to access such relief. The Tax Administration Act is very technical and specific and it is essential for every tax professional or business person responsible for managing tax risk, to understand the rules of the game and the process to be followed in resolving problems with SARS.
After attending this webinar delegates will know:
• How and when the various penalty provisions in the TAA will apply
• The circumstances in which the penalties can be reduced or waived
• The process to be followed in resolving problems with SARS
The course content will cover:
- Requests for reasons for an assessment
- The various penalty provisions and an explanation of which penalties apply when and how the penalties are calculated; circumstances in which penalties can be waived or reduced
- The objection process
- What to do when there is a problem with the objection process
- The pay-now-argue-later principle and applying for a suspension of payment
- The SARS complaints management office
- When and how to use the Tax Ombud
- The SARS Service Charter
Tax advisors, taxpayers, accountants, trustees, business owners and managers, bookkeepers and anyone else who deals with SARS
