Media Centre
Media Statements:
Progress from 17 July 2013 to 27 March 2018:
- 17 July 2013 - Appointment of
eight Members (part-time) by Minister of Finance (Mr Pravin
Gordhan).
- 17 July 2013 - Appointment of Head
of Secretariat for the Committee.
- 25 July 2013 - Visit by Minister
Gordhan (then Minister of Finance).
- 25 July 2013 - Establishment of
sub-committees for Macro Analysis, SME's and base erosion
and profit shifting (BEPS).
- 16 October 2013 - Visit by Governor
of Reserve Bank - Ms Gill Marcus.
- 05 November 2013 - Call for
submissions on Macro Analysis, SME's and base erosion and
profit shifting (BEPS).
- 20 January 2014 - SME Interim Report
submitted to Minister of Finance for 2014 Budget Speech.
- 20 January 2014 - Macro Analysis preliminary report submitted to Minister of Finance
for 2014 Budget Speech.
- 20 January 2014 - Establishment of new sub-committees
for mining, VAT and estate duty.
- 03 February 2014 - Met with Oxfam to
discuss mining (extractive industries).
- 24 April 2014 - Met with OECD
Director for Tax Policy and Administration ( Pascal
Saint-Amans) for input on OECD
BEPS Action Plan.
- 03 June 2014 - Media Statement - call for submissions on
VAT, Mining and Estate Duty.
- 11 June 2014 - One of visits by Chamber of Mines
(President, Vice-President, CEO and COO).
- 13 June 2014 - Submitted handover report to new Minister
of Finance (Mr Nhlanhla Nene).
- 30 June 2014 - Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
interim report submitted to Minister of Finance.
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14 July 2014 - Media Statement - Release of
First Interim Report on SME's for public comment by 31 August 2014.
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23 July 2014 - Met with NEDLAC.
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19 September 2014 - Met with Advocate Gumbi from Thabo Mbeki
Foundation to discuss illicit financial flows from Africa.
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30 September 2014 - Met with
NEDLAC.
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14 October 2014 - Met with Paul
Jourdan (co-author of ANC policy document on State
Intervention in the Minerals Sector (SIMS).
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23 December 2014 - Media Statement - Release of BEPS
Interim Report for public comment by 31 March 2015.
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12 February 2015 - Met with Minister for Small Business to
discuss how best to assist small businesses.
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09 March 2015 - One of visits by the OECD.
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07 April 2015 - Call for comments on
the proposed carbon tax by 8 May 2015.
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11 May 2015 - Visit by Minister Nene (then Minister of
Finance).
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12 and 27 May 2015 - Carbon tax public workshops.
- 05 June 2015 - Release of Macro Analysis report for
public comment by 31 August 2015 (Abridged
and
full versions).
- 10 June 2015 -
Presentation to Standing Committee on
Finance (Parliament).
- 22 June 2015 - Publication of
Part 1 of
World Bank Sector Study of Effective Tax Burden in South
Africa.
- 07 July 2015 - Release of
VAT Report (coupled with
IMF VAT Gap Report) for public comment by 30 September
2015.
- 13 July 2015 - Release of
Estate Duty Report for public comment by 30 September
2015.
- 16 July 2015 - Oral submission by Economic Freedom
Fighters (EFF) on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).
- 17 July 2015 - Addition of two new members to the
Davis Tax Committee.
- 30 July 2015 - Met with National
Treasury to discuss proposed carbon tax.
- 13 August 2015 - Release of
Mining Report (coupled with
IMF report) for public comment by 31 October 2015.
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07 August 2015
Media Statement
- Clarification of
certain points in VAT First Interim Report.
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02 September 2015 -
DTC comments on Border Management Agency Bill - to SARS
and Minister and Finance.
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09 September 2015 - Met with Reserve Bank Governor (Governor
Kganyago) to discuss possibility of special voluntary
disclosure programme.
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21 September 2015 - SARS executives present the new SARS
operating model to the DTC.
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12 October 2015 - Met with SARS Commissioner/SARS executives
to discuss possibility of special voluntary disclosure
programme.
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16 October 2015 - Met with NEDLAC.
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13 November 2015
Media Statement - Release of
Carbon Tax report for public comment by 31 January 2016.
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25 November 2015 - Met with Kroon Committee (SARS advisory
committee appointed by Minister Nene in February 2015).
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11 January 2016 - Submitted handover report to new Minister
of Finance (Mr Pravin Gordhan).
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24 August 2016 -
Media Statement - Publication of final Macro Analysis,
World Bank, SME and Estate Duty reports.
- 24 August 2016 - Publication of second and final Macro
Analysis report -
executive summary and
full report.
- 24 August 2016 - Publication of
second and final SME report.
- 24 August 2016 - Publication of
second and final
Estate Duty report.
- 01 September 2016 -
Media Statement - Call for written submissions on
funding for the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI).
- 02 September 2016 - Second BEPS report submitted to the
Minister of Finance.
- 02 September 2016 - Oil and Gas
Interim Report submitted to
Minister of Finance along with IMF report on Oil and Gas.
- 08 September 2016 - Met with SARS
Commissioner to discuss tax administration matters.
- 04 October 2016 - Publication of
Part 2 of World Bank report - Sector Study of Effective Tax
Burden (updated).
- 01 and 09 November 2016 - Public
workshops on National Health Insurance.
- 18 and November 2015 - Attended
international conference on Taxpayer Rights in Washington
D.C.
- 29 November 2016 - Presentation to Standing Committee on
Finance (Parliament).
- 07 December 2016 -
Media Statement - Call for written submissions on
corporate income tax by 31 March 2017.
- 12 December 2016 - Second and final
mining report submitted to the Minister of Finance.
- 09 March 2017 - Met with Tax Ombud
(Judge Ngoepe).
- 17 March 2017 - Submitted report on
Financing a National Health Insurance for South Africa to
the Minister of Finance.
- 05 April 2017 - Submitted handover
report to new Minister of Finance (Mr Malusi Gigaba)
- 25 April 2017 -
Media Statement - Call for submissions on possible
wealth taxes.
- 14 June 2017 - Met with Chairman of
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Wayne Duvenage).
- 27 July and 16 August 2017 - Public
workshops on possible wealth taxes for SA.
- 22 August 2017 - Wealth tax workshop
with political parties and trade unions.
- 13 November 2017 - Media Statement -
Publication of 6 final reports - Funding tertiary education
and NHI, BEPS, mining, oil and gas and tax admin.
- 28 February 2018 - Submitted
handover report to new Minister of Finance (Mr Nhlanhla
Nene) - served under six Ministers of Finance in five years.
- 27 March 2018 - the DTC held its
last meeting.
- 12 April 2018 - Publication of 4
final reports and closing report.
- Requested the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF) to write specific reports
with empirical evidence based on data provided by SARS.
- Advised the Minister of Finance on
revenue raising initiatives for various national budget
speeches.
- 205 meetings - includes government
departments like Mineral Resources, dti, Health, Social
Development, Small Business, and DPME.
- 433 submissions and sets of comments
on reports received.
- Operating costs per financial year
(excludes premises and Secretariat costs borne by
SARS):
- 2013-14 - R2 475 000 (nine
months)
- 2014-15 - R4 225 000
- 2015-16 - R2 908 000
- 2016-17 - R1 702 000
- 2017-18 - R1 070 000
- TOTAL - R12 380
000
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Closing
Report of the Davis Tax Committee
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