Environmental Levy for
Electricity
The South African
Revenue Service (Sars) has
published for comment
draft legislation on the
proposed introduction of
an Environmental Levy for
Electricity.
The proposed legislation
relates to (i) Schedule No.1
Part 3 – Environmental
Levy; (ii) Schedule No.
8 – Ordinary Levy; (iii)
Draft Rules; (iv) Form DA
185 – Application Form
Registration / Licensing of
Customs and Excise Clients;
(v) Form DA185.4A12
– Electricity Producer
(Chapters VA and Section
59A and the Rules thereto);
and (vi) Form DA161B
– Electricity Account
– Environmental Levy
Account for Electricity.
Comment is due by
25 August 2008.
Transnet Ports Authority
July 2008 Figures
Transnet Ports Authority
has released its cargo
figures for July 2008, which
indicate a small decrease in
actual cargo and containers
handled at all ports.
Cargo handled in tons
Cargo handled by the
respective ports, expressed
in million tons (Mt), with
the June 2008 figures
in brackets:
Richards Bay
5.986Mt (7.665Mt)
Durban
6.885Mt (6.802Mt)
Saldanha Bay
3.872Mt (3.775Mt)
Cape Town
1.169Mt (1.235Mt)
Port Elizabeth
1.033Mt (1.176Mt)
Mossel Bay
0.244Mt (0.106Mt)
East London
0.226Mt (0.226Mt)
Containers (TEUs)
Cargo handled by the
respective ports, expressed
in twenty-foot Equivalent
units or TEUs, with the
June 2008 figures in
brackets:
Durban
219 059 (241 313)
Cape Town
65 229 (72 448)
Port Elizabeth
43 658 (43 446)
East London
5 668 (5 505)
Richards Bay
2 244 (1 217)
Total handled during
July 335 858 TEUs
(363 929TEUs).
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