[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The South African Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, tabled the 2018/19 Budget in Parliament on 21 February 2018. Government announced a lower than predicted 1% increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate from the current 14% to 15% with effect from 1 April 2018. Anne Jenkinson, from ENSafrica, Taxand South Africa, explores.[/vc_column_text][button size=”medium” target=”_blank” hover_type=”default” text_align=”left” text=”Read more” link=”https://www.taxand.com/our-thinking/surviving-transition-15-vat-rate/” color=”#ffffff” hover_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#000000″ hover_background_color=”#ffffff” border_color=”#000000″ hover_border_color=”#000000″ margin=”10px” border_radius=”0″][/vc_column][/vc_row]