Legal & policy - 18 June 2026

SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE (SARS)

• 11 June 2026 - Customs and Excise Act, 1964: The tariff amendments notices, scheduled for publication in the Government Gazette,

• to create a rebate provision for the importation of profiles of aluminium-copper-magnesium-zinc alloys
• to increase the rate of anti-dumping duty on polyethylene terephthalate
• safeguard duty on flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, and flat-rolled products of other alloy steel classifiable under Chapter 72

• 11 June 2026 – Customs: The facility codes used in Box 30 on the Goods Declaration have been updated to include the Scan Global Logistics SA (Pty) Ltd degrouping facility located at Oliver Reginald Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). SC-CF-19-A02 – Facilities Code List – External Annexure

• 11 June 2026 – SARS Digital platform upgrades

• Friday, 12 June 2026 from 18h00 to 21h00,
• Saturday, 13 June 2026 from 04h00 to 07h00,
• Saturday, 13 June 2026 from 20h00 to 03h00, Sunday 14 June 2026,
• Sunday, 14 June 2026 from 10h00 to 18h30.

• 12 June 2026 – Customs and Excise Act, 1964: Publication details for tariff amendments notices, R7578, R7579, R7580, R7581, R7582, and R7583, as published in Government Gazette 54820 of 12 June 2026, are now available.

• 15 June 2026 – Income Tax Guides

• Guide on the Determination of Medical Tax Credits (Issue 18)
• Guide on Income Tax and the Individual (2025/26)

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

• Enhanced monitoring report on the Implementation of the Standard on Transparency and Exchange of Information on Request 2026 Update (June) – 19 June 2026

SOUTHERN AFRICAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (SAFLII)

• Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v JC Power Trading CC and Others (053518/2026) [2026] ZAMPMHC 29 - (2 June 2026)

AFRICAN TAX ADMINISTRATION FORUM (ATAF)

• Convention on International Tax Co-operation – June 2026

• ATAF Tax Academy – June 2026