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Finance Standing Committee
2015 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (MTBPS): public hearings
28 Oct 2015
The Federation of South African Unions (FEDUSA) said the economic projection that the economy was set to grow by 1.5% in 2015, 1.7% in 2016 and 2.6% in 2017, was far below the three scenarios illustrated in the National Development Plan (NDP). That had severe implications for inclusive economic growth ...
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 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]; Adjustment Appropriation Bill [B28-2015]: briefing
23 Oct 2015
Awaited documents: Draft Report on 2015 Adjustment Budget; Draft Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill[available once published on the ATC]
National Treasury met with both the Standing Committee and the Select Committee on Appropriations to brief them on the Adjustment Budget for 2015 as contained in the two Bills. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Minister of Finance briefing
22 Oct 2015
The Minister of Finance and a delegation from the National Treasury met with a joint committee comprising the Standing Committee on Finance, the Select Committee on Finance, the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Select Committee on Appropriations. The National Treasury presented the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which ...
NCOP Finance
Turks and Caicos Islands; Brazil; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Uruguay; Zimbabwe tax agreements; Committee Reports on Provincial Treasuries & Kwa-Zulu Natal oversight
14 Oct 2015
The Select Committee on Finance was briefed on the amended Tax Treaty with Zimbabwe by National Treasury. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) conducted a briefing on five international agreements with Brazil, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Uruguay which aimed to remove barriers to cross-border trade ...
NCOP Appropriations
Committee Reports on KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Oversight Visits
13 Oct 2015
Report of the meeting to follow.
NCOP Finance
SARS & Financial and Fiscal Commission 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans; Committee Reports
22 Sep 2015
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) presented on the 2015/16 to 2019/20 Strategic Plan and the 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan. SARS would continue to invest in employees to serve taxpayers and to address sophisticated tax avoidance and evasion. To increase customs compliance, SARS would improve the management of bonded warehouses ...
NCOP Appropriations
Eskom Appropriation Bills [B16-2015] & [B17-2015]: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee met to consider two reports on the Eskom Bills. Prior to the consideration, some Members voiced conern about reviewing the reports without Eskom appearing before the Committee to brief Members on its functions, operations activities, strategic objectives and targets achieved. Despite these concerns, the Committee proceeded to approve ...
NCOP Appropriations
Eskom Appropriation Bills [B16-2015] & [B17-2015]: FFC & Parliamentary Budget Office comments; Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: briefing & adoption
23 Jun 2015
National Treasury’s briefing on the 2015 Appropriation Bill covered the structure and processing of the Appropriation Bill, the reorganisation of Cabinet and establishment of new departments, the consolidated budget, the reduced expenditure ceiling and the allocation of budget resources.The expenditure ceiling had been reduced by R25b for the last two ...
NCOP Finance
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal spending challenges
19 Jun 2015
This was the third meeting in the first round of engagements with Provincial Treasuries, which would happen quarterly to ensure each province was on strong financial footing and if not, what could be done to solve the problem before it became a crisis. The Provincial Treasuries from the Eastern Cape, ...