Senior Associate
Louis Botha is a Senior Associate in our Tax & Exchange Control practice. His experience includes the areas of corporate tax, individual tax, employees’ tax (PAYE), environmental taxes, such as carbon tax and the application of exchange control laws in various contexts, including the regularisation of tax and exchange control contraventions. He also has experience in tax controversy and dispute resolution.
Louis Botha joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2015. He was appointed as an Associate in 2017 and promoted to Senior Associate in 2019.
Louis Botha Tax & Exchange Control Senior Associate, took part in a panel discussion on CNBC's Closing Bell to unpack some highlights from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's mid-term budget speech on 28 October 2020.
Louis Botha, Associate in the Tax & Exchange Control practice, joined eNCA to discuss the proposed gambling tax draft legislation that will be introduced during 2019.
Tax and Exchange Control Associate Louis Botha joined CNBC Africa to discuss the passing of the long-awaited Carbon Tax Bill.
Tax & Exchange Control Associate Louis Botha was interviewed by Fifi Peters on CNBC Africa, to discuss some of the tax considerations pertaining to the sale of shares and share buy-back transactions.
To implement the temporary R1.50 reduction of the fuel levy from April to May, the 2022 Draft Rates Bill, published with the Budget in February, had to be amended by government at the beginning of April. The Bill also deals with changes in tax rates and personal income tax thresholds. Louis Botha, Senior Associate in the Tax & Exchange Control Practice discusses the Bill and the temporary fuel levy reduction with Smile FM.
Recently, 11,9 million financial records known as the Pandora Papers were leaked, revealing the offshore financial assets of many internationally well-known persons. Louis Botha, Senior Associate in our Tax & Exchange Control Practice delves into the matter, whilst providing a South African context. Click here (BITLY) to listen to his interview on Smile FM.
Louis Botha, Senior Associate in our Tax & Exchange Control practice joined SA FM to discuss the Carbon Tax Act. He gives insight on some of the industries that need to register and how the tax is calculated.
Tax & Exchange Control Senior Associate Louis Botha joined The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine on Smile FM, to discuss the February Budget Speech's proposed changes to South Africa’s carbon tax legislation and how it may affect consumers.
