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Finance Standing Committee
SAA quarterly report, with Deputy Minister
17 Nov 2015
The Committee met with SAA as a follow up to its 2 September meeting with the airline. SAA had been asked to prepare a response to a number questions raised in a letter from the Committee. In addition SAA had to respond to five matters: progress on the finalisation of ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill [B29-15]; Financial Sector Regulation Bill [B34-15]: consideration
17 Nov 2015
National Treasury presented its response to the various submissions, made both during public hearings and subsequently, in relation to the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill. The National Treasury outlined the process followed with the Bill, starting from consultations in 2012, some decisions on amendments in 2013, and various meetings and individual ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Sector Regulation Bill [B34-2015]: briefing
13 Nov 2015
The Committee held a workshop to discuss the Twin Peaks Bill, that is, the Financial Sector Regulation Bill. National Treasury gave a broad overview of the 17 chapters of the Bill. Discussions only reached chapter three of the Bill.
In response to a query on Twin Peaks concept, Treasury said ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill [B33-15]: public hearings; Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill [B30-15]: consideration
11 Nov 2015
The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) submission indicated that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations had proposed the risk-based approach. However, the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill overlaps between the risk- and the rules-based approach. The Bill did not allow the provision of simplified due diligence on low ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill [B29-15]; Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill [B30-15]: public hearings & response
10 Nov 2015
Submissions were made by the Association for Savings and Investment SA (ASISA); Old Mutual; the South African Reward Association (SARA), and COSATU. National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) responded to their proposals, whereafter the stakeholders were permitted to reply.
ASISA strongly supported Option 1 as set out ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill [B33-2015]:briefing
6 Nov 2015
The National Treasury and the Financial Intelligence Centre provided the briefing on the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill [B33-2015]. The Committee was frustrated at having been led to believe that the Bill was a minor amendment in response to a Constitutional Court judgement, whereas in reality it was long and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation Laws Amendment [B29-2015]: consideration of options
4 Nov 2015
Documents awaited: ASISA submission [awaited]
The National Treasury presented on tax and retirement reforms. Government intended to proceed with the changes to the tax treatment of retirement fund contributions. The percentage limit was to be increased to 27.5% for all funds, but limited to R350 000. There were two annuitisation ...
Finance Standing Committee
2015 Revised Fiscal Framework Report (MTBPS): consideration
3 Nov 2015
The DA submitted that a number of core issues were not included in the observations and recommendations. These included concern over the rate of economic growth; changed policies for growth; expenditure; a lack of long-term fiscal guidelines; cost containment measures; the contingency reserve; debt levels; fiscal risks and the Public ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Parliamentary Budget Office review
27 Oct 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Office provided an analysis of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement for 2015 to a joint meeting attended by the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations and the Standing and Select Committees on Finance.
The Parliamentary Budget Office generally echoed the concerns contained in National Treasury’s budget policy ...
Finance Standing Committee
Finance Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
The Committee discussed and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report with amendments and corrections, as it had to be submitted on that very day. It was considered in order to adopt the report before editing, as long as no changes to content were made after adoption. During consideration, matters ...