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Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime

"[I]f a taxpayer, acting on ingenious advice succeeds in avoiding the payment of tax which other taxpayers, who do not have access to such ingenious advice, pay . . . and in the result Fiscus loses tax, it is not customary for the courts to shed any tears on behalf of it; the taxpayer has done what...

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Main Author: Abuya, Edwin
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description "[I]f a taxpayer, acting on ingenious advice succeeds in avoiding the payment of tax which other taxpayers, who do not have access to such ingenious advice, pay . . . and in the result Fiscus loses tax, it is not customary for the courts to shed any tears on behalf of it; the taxpayer has done what he was entitled to do, and that is the end of the matter. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" "If the person sought to be taxed comes within the letter of the letter of the law he must be taxed however hard the hardship may appear to the judicial mind to be. On the other hand if the Crown, seeking to recover the tax, cannot bring the subject within the letter of the law, [he] is free however apparently within the law the case might appear to be" In any tax planning strategy, the best option is to receive an amount [that] does not attract any tax at all "[H]onesty in regard to tax matters is often something different and ... less than the rest of our lives”
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/35336 Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime Abuya, Edwin Tax Law "[I]f a taxpayer, acting on ingenious advice succeeds in avoiding the payment of tax which other taxpayers, who do not have access to such ingenious advice, pay . . . and in the result Fiscus loses tax, it is not customary for the courts to shed any tears on behalf of it; the taxpayer has done what he was entitled to do, and that is the end of the matter. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" "If the person sought to be taxed comes within the letter of the letter of the law he must be taxed however hard the hardship may appear to the judicial mind to be. On the other hand if the Crown, seeking to recover the tax, cannot bring the subject within the letter of the law, [he] is free however apparently within the law the case might appear to be" In any tax planning strategy, the best option is to receive an amount [that] does not attract any tax at all "[H]onesty in regard to tax matters is often something different and ... less than the rest of our lives” 2021-11-22T10:09:20Z 2021-11-22T10:09:20Z 1998 2021-11-18T09:47:54Z Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35336 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law
spellingShingle Tax Law
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Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
thesis_degree_str Master's
title Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
title_full Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
title_fullStr Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
title_full_unstemmed Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
title_short Conspiracy to Raid the Revenue Authority with Special Emphasis on Tax Avoidance Under the South African Legal Regime
title_sort conspiracy to raid the revenue authority with special emphasis on tax avoidance under the south african legal regime
topic Tax Law
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35336
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