- Title
- Analysis of VAT compliance challenges in municipalities
- Creator
- Nkonzombi, Linda
- Subject
- Value-added tax -- South Africa
- Subject
- Income tax -- South Africa Income tax -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Taxation -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCom
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33429
- Identifier
- vital:32864
- Description
- The study was carried out to identify challenges that municipalities have with becoming Value Added Tax (‘VAT’) compliant. This study has been prompted by the ongoing findings reported by the Auditor General (‘AG’) in its audit reports. The increasing demand on the services of tax consultants also suggests that municipalities are having challenges in independently fulfilling their tax obligations. It was found that municipalities are often challenged with the application of the following VAT sections: The VAT apportionment methodology, section 8(27) dealing with unallocated payments, VAT reconciliations and claiming of VAT on invalid documentation and where VAT credits are denied. The main causes of non-compliance were identified as complexity of the tax laws, interpretation issues, behavioural attitude, lack of technical expertise within municipalities, and the fact that VAT is a self-assessed tax. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that all municipalities should be required to have a designated tax team to handle the tax matters of a municipality. The municipalities’ governing body, South African Local Government Association (‘SALGA’), should consider introducing penalties to non-VAT compliant municipalities. SARS should establish ‘customer relationships’ with the municipalities.
- Format
- ix, 81 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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