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News - Archives - 2014

23 Dec

Media Statement: Release of Davis Tax Committee first interim report on BEPS for public comment

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22 Dec

	Media Statement: Ministry of Finance on transfer of SAA	(187kb)
	Transfer of SAA: Government Gazette	(575kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 November 2014

20 Dec

Media Statement: Statement by the Minister of Finance on events at the SA Revenue Service (SARS)

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19 Dec

Media Statement: New date for release of final regulations on the demarcation between Health Insurance Policies and Medical Schemes

(192kb)

13 Dec

Media Statement: Response to ratings actions by Standard and Poor’s and Fitch

(166kb)

12 Dec

Media Statement: Market making obligations by primary dealers in RSA Government Bonds during December 2014 and January 2015

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11 Dec

	Media Statement and related documents: TWIN PEAKS: Second draft of Financial Sector Regulation Bill and draft Market Conduct Policy Framework discussion document published for comment	(321kb)
	Media Statement: Appointment of PIC CEO and reappointment of Director of the Financial Intelligence Centre	(161kb)
	Media Statement: Transfer of administrative powers relating to SAA from the Minister of Public Enterprises to the Minister of Finance	(153kb)
	Media Statement: Minister Nene on the appointment of the Chairperson and the CEO of the Land Bank	(164kb)
	Media Statement, Article and FAQ: International Monetary Fund publishes assessment of South African economy

10 Dec

Publication of the Section 71 outcomes for the 1st quarter of 2014/15 and the conditional grant information for all municipalities

09 Dec

	Local Government adopted Capital and Operating Expenditure budgets for the 2014/15 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF)
	The state of local government finances and financial management as at 30 June 2014

04 Dec

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Nov 2014

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28 Nov

	Press Statement: National Treasury issues a multi-billion rand project to integrate all government systems	(115kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 October 2014

27 Nov

	Press Release: Mid-Term Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report	(302kb)
	Speech by Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene : Plenary of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) annual meeting	(341kb)

26 Nov

Speech by the Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene to the Economist Conference: The future of banking in Africa

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18 Nov

Opening remarks by Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene at the media briefing on the G20 summit held in Brisbane, Australia

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17 Nov

Media Advisory: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will tomorrow brief the media on the outcomes of the G20 Summit. The Minister’s remarks will focus on G20 outcomes on infrastructure.

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14 Nov

	Media Statement: Publication of the draft Notice and Regulations for tax free savings accounts to encourage individuals to save	(159kb)
	Documents for public comments: Notice and Regulations for tax free savings accounts

13 Nov

Speech by the Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene to the American Chamber of Commerce business breakfast: Measures Government is putting in place to grow the economy and implement the new development plan

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06 Nov

Media Statement: Moody’s Investors Service downgrades South Africa’s credit ratings and revises the outlook to stable

(158kb)

05 Nov

Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, National Treasury-World Bank Workshop on Fiscal Policy and Inequality

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04 Nov

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Oct 2014	(181kb)
	Inviting technical Tax proposals for Annexure c of the 2015 Budget Review	(102kb)
	Joint Media Release by the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service: Release of the 2014 Tax Statistics Bulletin	(382kb)
	Tax statistics 2014

30 Oct

	Media Statement: Joint statement by U.S. Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew and Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene	(169kb)
	Media Statement: R&I downgrades South Africa’s credit ratings, outlook stable	(160kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 September 2014

22 Oct

	MTBPS 2014
	Publication of Tax Bills as tabled by the Minister of Finance in Parliament on 22 October 2014

16 Oct

Media Statement: Revised Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2014, Revised Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill, 2014, and Response Document

02 Oct

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Sep 2014

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30 Sep

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 August 2014

19 Sep

	Media Statement: Electronic Trading Platform for RSA Government Bonds	(305kb)
	Presentation: A technical review of the Consumer Credit Insurance Market in South Africa, 19 September 2014	(868kb)

18 Sep

User Alert: Monitoring of virtual currencies

(107kb)

17 Sep

Media Statement: South Africa concludes debut sukuk bond

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14 Sep

Press Release: Government announces package to close Eskom funding gap

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04 Sep

Speech by Minister of Finance, Honourable Nhlanhla Nene, MP, Parliamentary Statement on Retirement Reforms and Rumours

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03 Sep

Invitation to attend a Consumer Credit Insurance workshop

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02 Sep

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Aug 2014

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01 Sep

Press Release - 1st Quarter Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report

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29 Aug

	Press Release: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Fourth Quarter Local Government Section 71 Report (Preliminary Results) For the period: 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014	(526kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 July 2014

28 Aug

Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Speech to CEEF Dinner

(164kb)

25 Aug

Media Statement: Ministry of Finance warns of fake Facebook accounts and other scams

(158kb)

15 Aug

Media Statement: National Treasury announces new plans for the Jobs Fund

(153kb)

11 Aug

Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, 17th Southern African Internal Audit Conference

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04 Aug

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Jul 2014

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01 Aug

Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene’s speech at the University of Fort Hare

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31 Jul

Address to the Old Mutual board dinner: The role of the private sector in implementing the National Development Plan, Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene

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30 Jun

	Joint Media Statement by the Ministers of Finance and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on the Consolidated General Report on Local Government Audit Outcome for 2012/13	(358kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 June 2014

28 Jul

Media Statement: Conditional hand-over of the Limpopo administration to the Provincial Executive

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24 Jul

Response to the Debate On The Appropriation Bill, Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene

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23 Jul

FAQ's on the BRICS Summit

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21 Jul

	Speech by the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Budget Vote 10: National Treasury	(234kb)
	Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, Budget Vote Speech	(280kb)

18 Jul

	Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Transforming the South African economy to increase competitiveness and innovation	(121kb)
	Media Statement: South Africa launches two bonds in international capital markets	(150kb)

17 Jul

	Media Statement: 2014 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill	(122kb)
	2014 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill documents
	Media Statement: Establishment of BRICS Development Bank and CRA at sixth BRICS summit	(42kb)

16 Jul

Sixth BRICS Summit: Fortaleza Declaration

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14 Jul

	Media Statement: Release of Davis Tax Committee SME report for public comment	(213kb)
	Davis Tax Committee SME Report for Public Comment - 14 July 2014	(634kb)

11 Jul

	Media Statement: Proposed amendments to Insurance Binder regulations for public comment	(125kb)
	Insurance Binder Regulations Notice	(1,325kb)

09 Jul

	Press Release: Statement on the Impact of the Proposed Retirement Reforms	(162kb)
	FAQ on Retirement Reform	(257kb)
	The National Treasury has extended the deadline for submission of comments on the second draft Demarcation Regulations to 31 July 2014 from 7 July 2014	(440kb)

04 Jul

	Press Release: Proposed regulations for over-the-counter derivatives	(177kb)
	Proposed regulations for over-the-counter derivatives policy statement and Draft FMA Regulation for public comment

03 Jul

	Media Statement: Request for public comment on a Technical Report on the Consumer Credit Insurance Market in South Africa	(197kb)
	Technical Report on the Consumer Credit Insurance Market in South Africa and related documents

03 Jul

Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, Launch of the 2014 Savings Month

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02 Jul

Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 Jun 2014

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01 Jul

Speech by Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, Reuters’ Economist of the Year

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30 Jun

	Media Statement: Appointment of Rand Merchant Bank, ABSA/Barclays, and Citi Bank as joint-lead managers and Investec as co-lead manager to arrange the issuance of a foreign currency denominated bond	(163kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 May 2014

24 Jun

Speech by Minister of Finance , Nhlanhla Nene, 2014 KPMG Executive Forum on Africa

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13 Jun

	Presentation on SA’s long-term fiscal choices, 13 June 2014	(2,079kb)
	Media Statement: Standard and Poor’s lowers South Africa’s ratings, revises outlook to stable	(167kb)
	Media Statement: Fitch affirms South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency ratings, revises outlook to negative from stable	(140kb)

11 Jun

Media Release: Local Government Revenue and Expenditure: Third Quarter Local Government - Section 71 Report - For the period: 1 July 2013 – 31 March 2014

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10 Jun

	Media Statement: 2014 Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill and First Batch of the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill	(99kb)
	Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, 2014 and Explanatory Memorandum
	First Batch of the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2014 for public comments

06 Jun

Press Release: 2013/14 Provincial Budgets: Fourth Quarter Year to Date Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report (Preliminary Outcome)

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04 Jun

Media Statement: Finance Ministry position on candidates for AfDB President

(75kb)

03 Jun

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 May 2014

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02 Jun

Media Statement: The Davis Tax Committee calls for submissions

(318kb)

30 May

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 30 April 2014

26 May

Press Release: Minister of Finance warns of fake twitter account

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22 May

Press Release: Extension of the deadline: Hedge funds draft regulations

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05 May

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 30 April 2014	(76kb)
	Media Release: A review of the taxation of alcoholic beverages in South Africa: Request for public comments

02 May

Speech by Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, Launch of Port of Entry Control Centre, Cape Town Harbour

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30 Apr

	Media Release: Release of the second draft regulations on the demarcation between health insurance policies and medical schemes
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 March 2014

29 Apr

	Media Statement: Alternate measures to replace the Insurance Laws Amendment Bill	(131kb)
	Annexure A to the Insurance Law Amendment Bill	(1,481kb)
	Press Release: Carbon offsets paper for public comments

23 Apr

Municipal Regulations on a Standard Chart of Accounts (SCOA)

16 Apr

Press Release: Release of Draft Hedge Fund Regulations

07 Apr

	Media Release: South Africa welcomes announcement of Nigeria as biggest economy in Africa	(98kb)
	Media Statement: Minister Gordhan officially launches Tax Ombud's Office	(156kb)

	Tax Ombud's Office: Contact Us	(138kb)
	Tax Ombud's Office: Complaints Procedure Brochure	(517kb)
	Tax Ombud's Office: Complaint Form - Electronic	(216kb)
	Tax Ombud's Office: Complaint Form - Printable	(48kb)

03 Apr

	SARS Media Release: Specifications for the reporting of information under FATCA, AEOI and domestic law	(267kb)
	Media Statement: Update on negotiations with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.	(319kb)

02 Apr

	Media Advisory: Finance Minister to launch office of the Tax Ombud	(83kb)
	Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 March 2014	(68kb)

28 Mar

	Press Release: Final electronic services regulation published	(46kb)
	Government Gazette 37489: Regulations prescribing services for the purpose of the definition of "Electronic Services"	(561kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 28 February 2014

19 Mar

Media Release: Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report for 9 months to the end of Dec 2013

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18 Mar

Media Statement: Forensic Report on Electoral Commission

(123kb)

14 Mar

Press Release and Related documents: Further details on the 2014 Budget announcements on retirement reform and non-retirement tax free savings products

13 Mar

Speech by Nhlanhla Nene, Deputy Minister of Finance, Keynote Address Busara Leadership Partners The Michelangelo Hotel

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07 Mar

2013/14 Municipal Budget Information : Second Quarter Financial Results as at 28 February 2014

04 Mar

Provisional Financing Figures as at 28 February 2014

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28 Feb

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 January 2014

26 Feb

	Budget 2014
	Media Statement: 2014 Budget continues to support economic growth and job creation	(283kb)
	Media Release: SA's economic prospects increasingly tied to African continent's	(126kb)
	Media Statement: Expenditure aimed at supporting families and communities remains largest share of the Budget	(214kb)

20 Feb

	Media Statement: Obligation of primary dealers in fixed rate government bonds to improve liquidity in the secondary market on the R2030 (8.00%: 2030) bond	(38kb)
	Media Release: South Africa to attend G20 meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Australia	(109kb)

19 Feb

	Media Statement: Commencement date for the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, 2013 (Act no. 45 of 2013)	(175kb)
	Government Gazette No. 37351: Commencement of Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, 2013 (Act no. 45 of 2013)	(390kb)

10 Feb

	Press Release: The regulation of Hedge Funds in South Africa: Update and the Release of the Comments and Response Document by the National Treasury and Financial Services Board	(206kb)
	Annexure A - Hedge Funds Comments Matrix	(1,201kb)
	Annexure B - Hedge Funds Structures	(131kb)

04 Feb

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 January 2014

(79kb)

30 Jan

	Media Statement: Electronic Services Regulation: Request for public comments	(102kb)
	Electronic Services Regulation	(218kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 December 2013