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A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26408 A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective Steyn, Theunis Lodewikus nico.theron2@gmail.com Theron, Nico Virtual world South African income tax law Value added tax (VAT) UCTD Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012. E-commerce and transactions in virtual worlds has monetary value and may lead to actual cash flows. Where real money trade occurs tax authorities are bound to seek ways and means in which to levy and collect taxes (Pienaar, 2008:38). Previous research on the application of the South African income tax laws to transactions in virtual worlds has been conducted. The application of the charging section of the value added tax laws in South Africa has also been researched in the context of e-commerce and transactions in virtual worlds. Limited research has been conducted on the actual value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and transactions in virtual worlds. This study critically analyses the value added tax collection methods employed in South Africa in the context of ecommerce and transactions in virtual worlds and compares the extent of its application to the extent of the goods and services tax collection methods’ application employed in Australia in this context. The study concludes that that the value added tax collection methods employed in South Africa and the goods and services tax collection methods employed in Australia are similar. Special rules have been adopted in Australia to ensure goods and service taxes are collected on the supply electronic goods. This is not the case in South Africa. However, in the case of transactions in virtual worlds, both countries’ collection methods struggle in ensuring value added tax and goods and service taxes is collected where the supplier of a virtual item is foreign in relation to South Africa or Australia. AFRIKAANS : E-commerce en transaksies in virtuele wêrelde het monetêre waarde en mag in sekere omstandighede kontantvloeie tot gevolg bring. Wanneer regte geld verhandel word sal belasting owerhede altyd maniere soek om belasting the hef op die onderliggende transaksies en dit in te vorder (Pienaar, 2008:38). Vorige navorsing rakende die toepassing van die Suid Afrikaanse inkomste belasting wetgewing in virtuele wêrelde is al voorheen gedoen. The toepassing van die heffings artikel in the belasting op toegevoegde waarde (BTW) wetgewing op e-commerce en transaksies in virtuele wêrelde was ook al vorheen nagevors. Min navorsing was gevind wat aleenlik fokus op die invorderings meganismes in die BTW wetgewing in die konteks van transaksies in virtuele wêrelde en e-commerce. Hierdie studie analiseer krities die toepassing van die invorderings meganismes in die Suid Afrikaanse BTW wetgewing in die konteks van e-commerce en transaksies in virtuele wêrelde en vergelyk die toepassing daarvan met die toepassing van die Australiaanse goods and services tax wetgewing se invorderings meganismes in dieselfde konteks. Die studie lig uit dat die twee lande se invorderings meganismes baie dieselfde is. The Australiaanse wetgewing maak egter spesiale voorsiening vir lewerings met betrekking tot e-commerce. Dit is nie die geval in Suid Afrika nie. Met betrekking tot transaksies in virtuele wêrelde sukkel beide lande se invorerings meganismes om seker maak dat BTW en goods and services tax ingevorder word waar die verskaffer nie Suid Afrikaans of Australiaans is nie. Taxation unrestricted 2013-09-07T05:06:42Z 2013-07-31 2013-09-07T05:06:42Z 2013-04-18 2012 2013-07-18 Dissertation Theron, N 2012, A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26408 > F13/4/592/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26408 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07182013-165951/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Virtual world South African income tax law Value added tax (VAT) UCTD A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title | A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title_full | A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title_short | A comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e-commerce and virtual worlds from a South African perspective |
| title_sort | comparative study of value added tax collection methods in the context of e commerce and virtual worlds from a south african perspective |
| topic | Virtual world South African income tax law Value added tax (VAT) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26408 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07182013-165951/ |