South African court declares tax act unconstitutional, BD says

A South African court has declared unconstitutional the part of the Value Added Tax Act that allows finance ministers to amend the goods tax. informed.

The Democratic Alliance, the second largest party in the so-called national unity government, brought the application to the Western Cape High Court last year after the finance minister. Enoch GogongwanaAnd the National Treasury proposed raising the value-added tax rate by two percentage points to 17% over two years, a move opposed by the DA.

According to the Johannesburg-based newspaper, the court gave the National Assembly 24 months to amend the VAT Act.

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