{"id":753823,"date":"2024-02-21T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=753823"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:17:45","slug":"south-african-tax-revenue-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/budget-speech\/753823\/south-african-tax-revenue-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"South African tax revenue tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With weak performance by South Africa\u2019s economy resulting in a sharp deterioration in tax revenue collection for 2023\/24, government has proposed tax measures to alleviate immediate fiscal pressure and support faster debt stabilisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delivering the 2024 National Budget Speech, the last Budget Speech of the sixth administration, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said at R1.73 trillion, tax revenue for 2023\/24 is <strong>R56.1 billion lower than estimated in the 2023 Budget<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe shortfall is largely due to the decline in corporate profits and revenue from taxes on mining. Over the medium term, revenue projections are R45.6 billion higher than the 2023 MTBPS estimates, which increased personal income tax and additional medium term revenue proposals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis budget contains tax measures that will raise R15 billion in 2024\/25 to alleviate immediate fiscal pressure and support faster debt stabilisation. Revenue is mostly raised through personal income tax by not adjusting the tax brackets, rebates and medical tax credit for inflation,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For alcohol products excise duties, above-inflation increases of between 6.7% and 7.2% for 2024\/25 are proposed. This means:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A can of beer increases by 14 cents;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A can of a cider and alcoholic fruit beverage goes up by 14 cents;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bottle of wine will cost an extra 28 cents;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bottle of fortified wine will cost an extra 47 cents;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bottle of sparkling wine will cost an extra 89 cents; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bottle of spirits, including whisky, gin or vodka, increases by R5.53.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>National Treasury also proposed to increase tobacco excise duties by 4.7% for cigarettes and cigarette tobacco, and by 8.2% for pipe tobacco and cigars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This translates to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A R9.51 cents increase for cigars;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 97 cents increase to a pack of cigarettes; and&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An extra 57 cents for a pipe of tobacco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Minister tabled an increase of the excise duty on electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems, known as vapes, to R3.04 per millilitre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn environmental taxes, the carbon tax increased from R159 to R190 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent as of 1 January 2024.&nbsp; The carbon fuel levy will increase to 11 cents per litre for petrol and 14 cents per litre for diesel effective from 3 April 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA discussion paper outlining proposals for the second phase of the carbon tax will be published for public comment later in the year. Madam Speaker, we are mindful of the already high cost of living and the impact fuel prices have on food and transport costs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn this regard, we are proposing no increases to the general fuel levy for 2024\/25. This will result in tax relief of around R4 billion. This is money back in the pockets of consumers,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/budget-speech\/753221\/rand-takes-a-hit-with-all-eyes-on-the-budget\/\">Rand takes a hit \u2013 with all eyes on the Budget<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economic downturn in South Africa has led to a significant decline in tax revenue collection for 2023\/24  that is R56.1 billion lower than estimated in the 2023 Budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":736525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13716],"tags":[19370,17448],"class_list":["post-753823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget-speech","tag-budget-2024","tag-enoch-godongwana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753837,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753823\/revisions\/753837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}