Pieter van der Zwan
& Associates
We specialize in South African tax and IFRS advice. Our clients get high-quality advice from an advisor with whom they can build a close long-term personal working relationship.
Services
We offer tailored South African tax solutions to our clients. Our clients can expect solutions that combine technical excellence and practical insight with the personal touch of a trusted advisor.
Corporate Tax Computations
We assist corporate taxpayers to prepare or review their income tax and deferred tax computations.
Tax Reviews
Proactive management and monitoring of your tax affairs avoids disputes and leakages. We perform reviews for corporates and high net-worth taxpayers.
Tax Disputes
We assist taxpayers and their accountants to successfully navigate the tax dispute process from responding to audit findings to appeals.
Tax Opinions
We provide clients with balanced and well-researched opinions on South African tax matters (including section 223(3) opinions).
Structuring and Advice
We assist taxpayers and advisors to assess the tax implications and risks of various alternatives for transactions and structures to ultimately find a tailored solution.
Correspondence with SARS
We assist taxpayers to obtain advance tax rulings, opinions, and directives from SARS.
Expertise
We advise on a wide range of South African tax matters.
Our areas of experience and expertise include:
Acquisition of businesses
Sale of shares or businesses
Corporate reorganisations
Financing arrangements
Investment funds
Wealth structures
Clients
We aim to build a long-term working relationship with each client. Our regular clients are:
SMEs and their owners
Corporates
International groups
Investment funds
High-net worth individuals
Family trusts
Accountants and auditors
Law firms
Financial planners
Prof Pieter van der Zwan
Pieter is a chartered accountant (CA(SA)) who holds a master’s degree in tax. He is an associate professor at a South African university where he is responsible for a master’s degree in tax. He is the author of chapters in various textbooks, peer-reviewed articles, and articles in industry publications. He has been practicing as an independent tax and technical accounting advisor since 2010. He serves on technical committees of various professional bodies.
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The importance of a thorough objection
The first step for an aggrieved taxpayer to dispute a tax assessment is generally to lodge an objection in terms of section 104 of the Tax Administration Act (the TAA). In this article, I consider The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Airports...
Tax treatment of costs to raise funding
There are many costs to raise funding for a business, whether debt or equity capital. These include raising fees, initiation fees, facility fees and charges relating to structuring the transaction, to mention a few. In this article, I consider a recent case that dealt...
VAT proposals for 2022
VAT vendors can expect a number of amendments that affect specific classes of vendors in 2023. The National Treasury published the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (‘TLAB’) for comment on 29 July 2022. It contains a number of proposals for amendments to the Value...
Corporate tax proposals for 2022
What awaits corporate taxpayers in the 2023? The National Treasury published the draft proposals for tax amendments for the 2022 legislative cycle on 29 July 2022. These give taxpayers an indication of the changes to expect at the end of 2022 (click here for the...
C:SARS v Capitec: A case of VAT equilibrium?
In Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Capitec Bank Limited (94/2021) [2022] ZASCA 97 (21 June 2022) the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Capitec Bank Limited (‘Capitec’) could not deduct input tax in respect of loan cover payouts to borrowers. This...
Management fees: Is there a tax risk?
Managers who advise and manage the affairs of others, for example, their investments or businesses, often charge management fees for those services. This is not unusual or out of the ordinary. In a tax context, certain arrangements that are labelled as management...
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