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South Africa: Elimination of VAT on plastic face shield

Announcement

06 May 2020

On 6 May 2020, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) provided VAT exemption on the import of plastic face shields.

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1

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0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

06 May 2020

Revocation date:

05 Jun 2020

Updated: 06 May 2020
Internal taxation of imports

On 6 May 2020, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) updated the list of critical medical supplies that are exempt from the VAT on imports. With the new update, the import of plastic face shield...

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