DA’s ConCourt bid to strip finance minister of VAT powers to be heard
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is in the Constitutional Court on Thursday to seek a final order on the constitutional invalidity of the power of the finance minister to unilaterally set the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate.
DA’s Parliamentary Leader, George Michalakis says, “The DA is here to fight for a fair deal for South Africans and to ensure that we do not have a case as we nearly had a year or two ago if the DA didn’t go to court, where the minister of finance can decide unilaterally to impose a 2% VAT hike that will ultimately cripple many, many poor households across the country.
The DA is seeking that the court declare the VAT Act of 1991 invalid and instruct Parliament to amend its laws to ensure that the power to set VAT only sits with Parliament and not the executive.
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