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South Africa Publishes Regulations on New Definition of Electronic Services for VAT Purposes

19 March 2019

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South Africa

On 18 March 2019, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) published Notice R.429, which includes regulations that amend the 2014 regulations prescribing electronic services for the purpose of the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991. This includes the replacement of a specified list of services with a general definition, which provides that 'electronic services' means any services supplied by means of an electronic agent, electronic communication or the Internet for any consideration, other than: Educational services supplied from a place in an export country and regulated by an educational authority in terms of the laws of that export country; or Telecommunications services;...