DUTY CALLS

Quarterly Report –
Client Survey
The South African Revenue
Service (Sars) issued a letter
titled “Quarterly Report
Feed-back in respect of
Customer Satisfaction –
01 July to 30 September
2009”.
According to Sars for the
said period only five surveys
were submitted electronically
by its clients.
The responses received
were one for Durban
International Airport, and
four for the Cape Town
Customs branch office.
If you would like to
participate in the survey,
simply visit the following
address https://commerce.
sars.gov.za/CQS/CustSatFeed
Survey.aspx
Comments Due –
Reminder
• The preliminary
determination in the
investigation into the alleged
dumping of picks originating
in or imported from India.
Comments are due by
19 March 2010.
• The proposed increase in
the rate of customs duty on
pigments and preparations
based on chrome oxide
green, lead chromate, zinc
chromate, barium chromate
or strontium chromate,
inorganic pigments; and (ii)
possible re-instatement of
Rebate Items, which existed
prior to the reduction of
tariff subheading 3206.20.10.
Comment is due by
26 March 2010.
Transfer Pricing –
Documents and Disputes
The International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC) will run
a one-day seminar on
28 April titled “Transfer
Pricing Documentation and
Dispute Resolution:
Making or Breaking the
Corporate Tax”.
While most transfer
pricing conferences tend to
focus on methods, the ICC
seminar will examine the
practical issue of transfer
pricing documentation and
its role in dispute resolution.
“The often conflicting
documentation requirements
have become a significant
challenge for international
business,” remarked ICC
Taxation Commission chair
Robert Couzin. “Enterprises
and governments should be
working together to find
practical and manageable
solutions.” According
to the ICC the seminar
will examine how the
documentation burden in
transfer pricing has grown
in volume and spread
across the globe and how
conflicting and cumulative
requirements have become
a significant challenge for
international business.