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South Africa: Government eliminates VAT on import duties in certain products in response to the Coronavirus outbreak

Description

On 27 March 2020, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the elimination of VAT from imports of goods considered essential to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. Concretely, the SARS refers to...

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Intervention Details

Intervention Type

Internal taxation of imports

MAST Chapter

F: Price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges

Implementation date

27 Mar 2020

Revocation date

05 Jun 2020

Implementation level

National

Affected flow

Inward

Announced as temporary

Yes

Eligible firms

all

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