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An enquiry into the constitutionality of the ‘pay now, argue later’ principle and the appointment of a third party on behalf of the taxpayer for tax purposes under the Tax Administration Act.

dc.contributor.advisorSchembri, Christopher Carl.
dc.contributor.advisorBosch, Shannon Joy.
dc.contributor.authorZulu, Sikhulile Sithandiwe.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-28T11:09:57Z
dc.date.available2022-06-28T11:09:57Z
dc.date.created2020
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionMasters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.en_US
dc.description.abstractPrior to 2012, the tax collection practices known as ‘pay now, argue later’ and ‘agent appointment’ respectively were contained in Value Added Tax and Income tax legislation and have been the cause of many disputes between the taxpayer and the revenue collector over the years. These collection practices have sparked much controversy among the legal scholars for the longest time. When the Tax Administration Act came into operation in 2012, it still made provision for a number of controversial summary collection procedures including the ones referred to above. This was probably due to the court decision in Metcash Trading Limited v Commissioner for SARS 2001 (1) BCLR 1(CC) which upheld ‘pay now, argue later rule’ and the decision in Hindry v Nedcor Bank 1999 (2) All SA 38 (W) in which the court found in favour of ‘agent appointment’ rule. These decisions were made in the context of VAT legislation, a system in which there is a much narrower scope for a genuine dispute of tax liability, as it is a self-assessment system as opposed to income tax where tax is paid on the basis of what is assessed by the Commissioner to be due to SARS. As a result of these cases and the subsequent enactment of the Tax Administration Act, there has been an overwhelming level of confusion as to the constitutionality of these collection procedures in the context of income tax. Accordingly the desire to conduct this study was triggered by need to contribute to an attempt to achieve clarity as to whether these court decisions should be applied. In addition, the study contains a comparative analysis of the implementation of the same procedures in other selected jurisdictions. It will be established that SARS’s conduct in exercising its statutory powers more often than not is in conflict with the taxpayers’ rights. Often the remedies are limited and place the taxpayer in an inconvenient situation as they are not directly related to tax. There is an urgent need for affordable and effective relief to which taxpayers can resort instead of litigation the cost of which is rather exorbitant.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/20562
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherAgent appointment.en_US
dc.subject.otherTaxpayers.en_US
dc.subject.otherValue added tax.en_US
dc.titleAn enquiry into the constitutionality of the ‘pay now, argue later’ principle and the appointment of a third party on behalf of the taxpayer for tax purposes under the Tax Administration Act.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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