Godongwana to brief media on Budget 2025 technical process

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will this afternoon brief the media on the technical process to be undertaken regarding the 2025 Budget. His Deputy Ministers David Masondo and Ashor Sarupen as well as and Director-General Dr. Duncan Pieterse will accompany Godongwana at the media briefing in Pretoria.

This follows a court challenge that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) had brought in the Western Court High Court against the proposed value-added tax (VAT) hike in the budget.The court ratified an agreement reached a few days ago, allowing Godongwana to rescind the increase, which was initially set to take effect tomorrow.[WATCH] [WATCH] Parliament says it will meet the deadlines for the adoption of the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals.



Meanwhile, chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Joe Maswanganyi, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will have to come back to...

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5% Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase is expected to be withdrawn when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana introduces the Rates and Monetary Amounts and the Amendment of Revenue Law Bill (Rates Bill) in Parliament.The VAT increase was..

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