The Tax Unit

The objective of NPP’s newly established Tax Unit is to facilitate an intense inspection of current taxation laws that impact on non-profit organizations as well as to research and lobby for a more beneficial application of these laws in respect of non-profit organizations.

The successes of the Non-Profit Partnership’s Income Tax Campaign thus far can be accredited to the thorough research that has gone into the legislation as well as to the intensive lobbying and training that ensued once the research was concluded. Great care was taken to avoid lobbying in a vacuum. Although the training that was conducted by the Non-Profit Partnership was used to disseminate information, it was also used to gather the relevant information that was of concern to the sector.

Information garnered at workshops has directed NPP in increasing the scope of its lobbying activities from taxation to include other pieces of legislation that impact on the financial sustainability of the NPO sector, as well as to intensify the existing Income Tax Campaign.

In order to achieve its objectives, the Tax Unit will look at the following:

• The limitation on trading activities of non-profit organizations,
• The taxation thereof and how it impact on the financial sustainability of organizations;
• The tax treatment of organizations in other countries, first and third world;
• Extending the lists of public benefit activities that enables organizations to access income tax exemption and donor deductible status
• Other taxes including VAT, that impact on the financial sustainability of non-profit organisations
• Simplifying the compliance requirements that enable organizations to access the Income Tax benefits

In order to facilitate positive development in the legislation, the Tax Unit will, by way of research, thoroughly investigate the above-mentioned issues, and will lobby the numerous decision makers and stakeholders. Naturally all changes and developments that are achieved will be disseminated to the sector by way of workshops and seminars.

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