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High Court Suspends VAT Hike, Consumers Urged to Verify Invoices Amid System Changes

  • SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter advises consumers to check their invoices carefully.
  • Companies are rushing to revert their systems to a 15 percent VAT charge by 1 May.
  • The Western Cape High Court has suspended the proposed VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points.
  • The VAT rate will remain at 15 percent instead of rising to 15.5 percent on 1 May.
  • Political parties are pressuring Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to reverse the VAT increase decision.
  • The DA and the EFF are challenging the proposed VAT increase in court.

Source: enca.com

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