The Special Budget Alert published on the same day discussed some of the various tax policy proposals. On 17 July 2018, National Treasury published for public comment, the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2018 (TLAB) and draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill, 2018 (TALAB). The TLAB and TALAB include the legislative amendments for the more complex tax proposals that were announced in the 2018 Budget Review. In this Tax Alert we discuss some of the more significant proposed legislative amendments including the rules dealing with the conversion of debt into equity as well as the anti-dividend stripping provisions. Comments on the draft bills are due by 16 August 2018.
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