Youth travel has moved far beyond a specialised travel niche to become an important market within the travel mix for any tourism destination. One of the reasons for this is because travel underpins different aspects of the youth lifestyle. For young people (particularly in developed communities),...

Last month National Treasury (Treasury) issued the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) with proposed amendments to the various tax legislation. One such amendment impacts certain aspects of a foreign donor funded project (FDFP) in the Value-Added Tax Act (VAT Act).

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We have put together a selection of deals that our Mergers & Acquisitions teams across the globe have worked on in the last few months. Our global M&A deal volume has increased by 15% in the last calendar year. We have a growing team of more than 400 BDO M&A specialists in over 50 countries doing...

PANEL DISCUSSION INSIGHTSIn the last ten years the renewable energy market has experienced gigantic change. This was the theme of the recent panel discussion held at BDO's Global Annual Natural Resources Conference in London in June 2019. With renewable energy replacing traditional energy sources...

Investments in venture capital companies not looking so attractive anymore.National Treasury yesterday released the draft bills for public comment, which once approved will serve to effect the legislative amendments announced as part of the 2019 Budget Review.

When the legislature introduced a ‘fifth fund’ to the already burdensome ‘four fund’ approach to the Long-Term Insurance legislation in 2016, many wearied tax managers’ and practitioners’ shoulders slumped further.

Arguably the most important number for all listed Real Estate Investment Trusts (‘REITs’) is ’75’.   In order to maintain its listing on an approved exchange a REIT needs to distribute to its shareholders at least 75% of its distributable income on an annual basis, which distribution must qualify...