{"id":62913,"date":"2014-03-28T16:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62913"},"modified":"2014-03-31T09:24:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T07:24:11","slug":"sas-new-digital-games-tax-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/62913-sas-new-digital-games-tax-postponed","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s new digital games tax postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a period of public comment, the National Treasury has published its new regulations that aim to introduce South Africa\u2019s 14% VAT on all digital goods and services, even those bought from foreign companies.<\/p>\n<p>The commencement date of the regulations is set for 1 June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury first published the draft regulations on its website towards the end of January 2014, giving interested parties until 20 February to comment on them.<\/p>\n<p>The draft regulations stipulated a 1 April 2014 implementation date of the sales tax on digital goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan published the actual regulations on Friday, 28 March 2014, in Government Gazette No. 37849.<\/p>\n<p>In this document, the commencement date of the regulations are set for 1 June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The list below summarises digital goods and services which will be impacted, according to the regulation document:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Educational services<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>distance teaching programmes;<\/li>\n<li>educational webcasts;<\/li>\n<li>internet-based courses;<\/li>\n<li>internet-based education programmes; or<\/li>\n<li>webinars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Games and games of chance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>internet-based games, including any electronic game or multiplayer role-playing game;<\/li>\n<li>interactive games, such as games of chance, where the result is influenced by the skill of the player; and<\/li>\n<li>electronic betting or wagering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Information system services<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Internet-based auction service<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Maintenance services<\/h3>\n<p>Which refers to technical support relating to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blogs;<\/li>\n<li>databases;<\/li>\n<li>information systems;<\/li>\n<li>information system services; and<\/li>\n<li>websites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Online content<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>e-books<\/strong>, which means any digitised content of any book or electronic publication;<\/li>\n<li><strong>films<\/strong>, which means any broadcast, documentary home-made video, live streaming performance, movie, music video, program, television series, or video<\/li>\n<li><strong>images<\/strong>, which means any desktop theme, photographic image, pictorial image, or screensaver,<\/li>\n<li><strong>music<\/strong>, which means any audio clip, broadcast jingle, live streaming performance, ringtone, song, or sound effect,<\/li>\n<li><strong>software<\/strong>, including apps, system software, or plugins, and any update to these programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Subscription services<\/h3>\n<p>Any subscription service to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blogs;<\/li>\n<li>databases;<\/li>\n<li>information system services;<\/li>\n<li>journals;<\/li>\n<li>magazines;<\/li>\n<li>newspapers;<\/li>\n<li>games;<\/li>\n<li>social networking services;<\/li>\n<li>webcasts;<\/li>\n<li>websites;<\/li>\n<li>web applications; or<\/li>\n<li>web series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More SA gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"New tax to hit online gaming, digital purchases in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/61709-new-tax-to-hit-online-gaming-in-sa.html\">New tax to hit online gaming, digital purchases in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/62533-ps4-price-increase-for-sa-confirmed.html\">PS4 price increase for SA confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/62472-ssd-prices-in-sa-what-to-expect.html\">SSD prices in SA: what to expect<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62383-dstv-versus-gaming-which-is-cheaper.html\">DStv versus gaming: which is cheaper?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Treasury has published its \u201cElectronic Services Regulations\u201d in the Government Gazette, announcing a later implementation date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":51163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12226,8655,11981,21,11983,12225],"class_list":["post-62913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-digital-tax","tag-game-prices","tag-gaming-prices","tag-headline","tag-prices","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62914,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62913\/revisions\/62914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}