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Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals

The face of commerce has become progressively more globalised in the past decades, facilitated by among other factors, telecommunication improvements and the ease and speed of travel.1 An increasing number of South African companies are expanding their business internationally, and directly controll...

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Main Author: Marais, Retha
Other Authors: Gutuza, Tracy
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Language:English
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Published: Centre for Law and Society 2026
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description The face of commerce has become progressively more globalised in the past decades, facilitated by among other factors, telecommunication improvements and the ease and speed of travel.1 An increasing number of South African companies are expanding their business internationally, and directly controlled foreign investment is increasing consistently.2 Whilst the economic activity generated by the global expansion of South African companies is positive, it creates a problem for the South African government, in that the flight of capital may erode the domestic tax base. To address this problem, South Africa replaced source based taxation with residence-based taxation as of 1 January 2001, leading to the taxation of its residents' worldwide income.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43022 Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals Marais, Retha Gutuza, Tracy Budget Government tax The face of commerce has become progressively more globalised in the past decades, facilitated by among other factors, telecommunication improvements and the ease and speed of travel.1 An increasing number of South African companies are expanding their business internationally, and directly controlled foreign investment is increasing consistently.2 Whilst the economic activity generated by the global expansion of South African companies is positive, it creates a problem for the South African government, in that the flight of capital may erode the domestic tax base. To address this problem, South Africa replaced source based taxation with residence-based taxation as of 1 January 2001, leading to the taxation of its residents' worldwide income. 2026-03-19T11:38:51Z 2026-03-19T11:38:51Z 2010 2026-03-19T07:50:34Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43022 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
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title Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
title_full Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
title_fullStr Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
title_full_unstemmed Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
title_short Decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends: the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
title_sort decreasing the budget deficit and getting a bigger bang from every buck the government spends the role which tax expenditure budgeting and analysis can play in achieving current fiscal goals
topic Budget
Government
tax
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43022
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