Gerhard Badenhorst

Director

Gerhard Badenhorst is a Director in our Tax & Exchange Control practice. He is a chartered accountant and specialises in value-added tax (VAT) matters in various industries, including the financial services, mining and property industries. Gerhard acts for various private, public and multinational corporations and non-profit organisations. He is a guest lecturer on VAT at the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand and serves as a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants VAT sub-committee, and was an ad hoc member of the VAT sub-committee of the Davis Tax Committee.

Gerhard Badenhorst

About Gerhard

About Gerhard

After completing articles with audit firm BDO Spencer Stewart, Gerhard completed his National Service with the South African Revenue Service. He then joined the tax department of auditing firm Theron du Toit in April 1990 as a tax advisor, and began specialising in Value Added Tax (VAT) when the draft VAT legislation was first released in June 1990. Theron du Toit merged with auditing firm Coopers & Lybrand, where he was admitted as a tax partner responsible for the VAT service line in 1993Coopers & Lybrand merged with Pricewaterhouse to form PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he headed up the national indirect tax practice (VAT & Customs) until December 2003. Gerhard joined the tax department of the law firm Sonnenberg Hoffman Galombik (SHG) in January 2004 as a tax executive specialising in VAT.  SHG merged with Edward Nathan to form Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, where he headed up the indirect tax team until April 2017. Gerhard joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in May 2017.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  •   BCom Accounting, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   BCom Hons Accounting, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   Diploma in Tax Law, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   Masters in Business Management, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   CA (SA), The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants

Memberships

  •   SAICA (The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants)
  •   SAIT (South African Institute of Tax Practitioners)
  •   Registered Tax Practitioner

About Gerhard

After completing articles with audit firm BDO Spencer Stewart, Gerhard completed his National Service with the South African Revenue Service. He then joined the tax department of auditing firm Theron du Toit in April 1990 as a tax advisor, and began specialising in Value Added Tax (VAT) when the draft VAT legislation was first released in June 1990. Theron du Toit merged with auditing firm Coopers & Lybrand, where he was admitted as a tax partner responsible for the VAT service line in 1993Coopers & Lybrand merged with Pricewaterhouse to form PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he headed up the national indirect tax practice (VAT & Customs) until December 2003. Gerhard joined the tax department of the law firm Sonnenberg Hoffman Galombik (SHG) in January 2004 as a tax executive specialising in VAT.  SHG merged with Edward Nathan to form Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, where he headed up the indirect tax team until April 2017. Gerhard joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in May 2017.

Credentials

Education

  •   BCom Accounting, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   BCom Hons Accounting, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   Diploma in Tax Law, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   Masters in Business Management, Rand Afrikaans University
  •   CA (SA), The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants

Memberships

  •   SAICA (The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants)
  •   SAIT (South African Institute of Tax Practitioners)
  •   Registered Tax Practitioner

News

Recognition

2009-2023

  • Chambers Global 2022-2023 Gerhard received an "Individual Spotlight Ranking" for Tax: Indirect tax. Chambers Global ranked Gerhard in Band 1 in Indirect Tax from 2009-2021.

2014-2023

Legal 500 EMEA

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 listed Gerhard as a leading indivisual in Tax. He was from 2018-2022 in tax. The Legal 500 Guide to Outstanding Lawyers listed Gerhard in Tax from 2014-2016.

  • Chambers Global 2022-2023 Gerhard received an "Individual Spotlight Ranking" for Tax: Indirect tax. Chambers Global ranked Gerhard in Band 1 in Indirect Tax from 2009-2021.

Legal 500 EMEA

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 listed Gerhard as a leading indivisual in Tax. He was from 2018-2022 in tax. The Legal 500 Guide to Outstanding Lawyers listed Gerhard in Tax from 2014-2016.