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Budget Day

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will present the budget speech to Parliament on 25 February 2015, at 2pm. Budget documents will be available for purchase from 2 pm, 25 February as follows:

VENUE	PAYMENT METHOD	COLLECTION	COST
Government Printers 90 Plein Street Cape Town	DEPOSIT: Account holder: National Treasury Bank: ABSA Branch: Van der Walt Street Branch code: 632005 Account number: 4052368632 Reference number: 08033281	Place order with Beatrix Geldenhuys: Cell: 082 806 8272. Collection on the day by presenting proof of payment.	The Estimates of National Expenditure, R100 each The Budget Review and the Budget Speech at R100 per pack
SARS Hilton House, First Floor, 570 Fehrsen Street, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, Pretoria	CASH: No cheques or EFT payments will be accepted	Cash payment made at collection point
SARS 4 Rissik Street Johannesburg	CASH: No cheques or EFT payments will be accepted	Cash payment made at collection point

Latest News

04 Mar

	Media Statement: Minister seeks public comment on proposed temporary reduction of UIF contributions	(180kb)
	Invitation for public comment on proposed reduction of unemployment insurance contributions: section 6 of unemployment insurance contributions act, 2002	(180kb)

03 Mar

	Provisional Financing Figures as at 28 Feb 2015	(181kb)
	Media Statement: Pending review of the companies and close corporation re-instatement process	(175kb)
	Speech by Minister of Finance Mr Nhlanhla Nene - Budget 2015: making the right choices to change the trajectory of our economy and society	(274kb)

28 Feb

Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 January 2015

25 Feb

	Media Statement: Statement by Minister Nene on SARS’ governance arrangements	(281kb)
	National Budget 2015
	Draft Rates and monetary amounts and amendment of revenue laws bill, 2015	(503kb)

20 Feb

	Media Statement: Publication of the final Notice and Regulations for Tax Free Savings and Investment Accounts	(268kb)
	Draft Legislation: Final Notice and Regulations for Tax Free Savings and Investment Accounts

17 Feb

	Alert: Public consultation workshops on draft market conduct policy framework	(207kb)
	Press Release: Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report for 9 months to the end of Dec 2014

04 Feb

	Media Statement: Treasury publishes supply chain management review, first such assessment since 2004	(283kb)
	2015 Public Sector Supply chain management review	(2,536kb)

03 Feb

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Jan 2015

(181kb)

02 Feb

	Media Statement: National Government and Limpopo agree on hand-over of powers back to the province	(272kb)
	Media Alert: Change of venue for Johannesburg consultation on Financial Sector Regulation Bill	(119kb)

30 Jan

	SAA releases results for the 2013/14 financial year	(269kb)
	Media Statement: Minister Nene's remarks at SAA's post-AGM media conference	(283kb)
	Statement of the National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowing as at 31 December 2014

22 Jan

Media Statement: Finance Minister approves additional guarantee for SAA

(175kb)

20 Jan

Media Advisory: Consultations on Financial Sector Regulation Bill and Banks Amendment Bill

(124kb)

19 Jan

	Media Advisory: Budget 2015	(159kb)
	Media Advisory: Budget tips 2015	(121kb)

15 Jan

Media Statement: Finance Minister Nene meets business leaders ahead of World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting

(187kb)

13 Jan

	Media Statement on Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Review	(206kb)
	Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Review : 2010/11 - 2016/17

06 Jan

Provisional Financing Figures as at 31 Dec 2014

(181kb)

23 Dec

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

(225kb)

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)

(122kb)

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

(38kb)

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

(181kb)

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

(284kb)

18 Nov

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

(290kb)

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.

(160kb)

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

(341kb)

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

(194kb)

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

(181kb)

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