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Archived News fromIEASA National   View Current News Browse local news: General News |Pending & New Legislation |Sectional Title |Regulations & Bylaws Press Cuttings Browse international news: General News |Exhibitions & Events |Organisations |Newsletters |Publications Article Listing: Local News -Pending & New Legislation Have you submitted your PAIA Manual? [read full newsletter] 29 Jul 2005 Reminder to get your manual from the IEASA for submission by end of August. Estate Agents and tax : the Latest [read full newsletter] 24 May 2005 More changes in property related laws Transfer duty [read full newsletter] 1 Apr 2005 Changes with effect from 1 March 2005 New rule for Vat invoices [read full newsletter] 24 Jan 2005 New requirement wef 1 March 2005 Stamp Duty shocker [read full newsletter] 17 Jan 2005 Increase with effect from 1 January 2005 Estate Agents to be liable for non-resident sellers' CGT? [read full newsletter] 25 Oct 2004 Proposed draft legislation Be careful when selling a company-owned property [read full newsletter] 15 Oct 2004 Section 228 of the Companies Act Do you know your clients? [read full newsletter] 4 May 2004 Update on FICA What To Ask About Rates Before Buying [read full newsletter] 20 Apr 2004 New property tax legislation shines spotlight on municipal rates Transfer duty loophole soon to close [read full newsletter] 16 Mar 2004 People who buy company- or CC- or trust-owned residential property may be liable for transfer duty in future Receiver backtracks on shareblock conversion duty [read full newsletter] 10 Feb 2004 Scrapping of double taxation Receiver closes transfer duty loophole on tripartite agreements [read full newsletter] 10 Feb 2004 New ruling came into effect in December 2003 Grasping the concept of capital gains tax [read full newsletter] 10 Feb 2004 Difference between revenue and capital CGT Valuation Deadline Extension [read full newsletter] 26 Sep 2003 Minister of Finance extends deadline Nomination clause [read full newsletter] 8 Sep 2003 SARS Notification Nominations Clause in terms of Section 16 of theTransfer duty Act [read full newsletter] 3 Sep 2003 With effect from 1 September 2003 Financial Intelligence Centre Act Guidelines [read full newsletter] 8 Jul 2003 Official guidelines now available Councils will have to tread carefully on property tax [read full newsletter] 26 May 2003 Property Rates Bill becomes law later this year Deadline for financial intelligence compliance is approaching rapidly [read full newsletter] 21 May 2003 Next stage in the implementation of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act is looming All eyes on Immigration Act case [read full newsletter] 23 Apr 2003 Real estate industry waits for Cape High Court ruling Contentious new law now in force [read full newsletter] 23 Apr 2003 Update on Immigration Act Rawson warns against transfer date manipulation [read full newsletter] 23 Apr 2003 Alteration to contracts a crime Financial Intelligence Centre Act - Notes [read full newsletter] 1 Apr 2003 Explanation notes based on the regulations to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 “Transfer” bill signed, but not gazetted yet [read full newsletter] 24 Feb 2003 Parliament passes the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill Cape High Court rules against regulations on foreign ownership of local property [read full newsletter] 24 Feb 2003 Legal challenge in the Cape High Court New immigration rules set aside [read full newsletter] 24 Feb 2003 Regulations will not be implemented in March Immigration Act [read full newsletter] 12 Feb 2003 Comments from Bill Rawson, national president of the Institute of Estate Agents Financial Intelligence - nine days to go! [read full newsletter] 29 Jan 2003 From IEA News - 25 January 2003 Transfer duty changes: update [read full newsletter] 29 Jan 2003 From IEA News - 25 January 2003 Law closes transfer duty loophole [read full newsletter] 20 Jan 2003 Explanatory memorandum on the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill Financial Intelligence: Clarity on Estate Agents role [read full newsletter] 13 Jan 2003 Comments from IEASA National President SARS snoops home in on property owners [read full newsletter] 17 Dec 2002 Teams from SARS's audit department are trawling through trust deed documents at all nine offices of the Master of the High Court in an effort to trace outstanding transfer duties. Evicting defaulters: the saga continues [read full newsletter] 28 Oct 2002 Article from IEA News - 26 October 2002 Evicting a defaulting tenant [read full newsletter] 28 Oct 2002 Guidelines for Landlords and Managing Agents Implications of Extension of Security of Tenure Act for Landowners [read full newsletter] 21 Oct 2002 Illegal Eviction of tenants A 'revolutionary' sectional title decision [read full newsletter] 21 Oct 2002 Important decision in the history of the South African sectional title industry Electrical certificates: the latest news [read full newsletter] 21 Oct 2002 Article extracted from IEA News Squatter rights for tenants? [read full newsletter] 21 Oct 2002 Extraction from IEA News on illegal Evictions New labour laws change status of estate agents [read full newsletter] 20 Sep 2002 Amendments to the labour laws came into effect on 1 August 2002 New legislation places agents on a powder-keg [read full newsletter] 9 Sep 2002 Estate agency principals and individual agents must be acquainted with legal commitments in terms of reporting money laundering offences Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill approved [read full newsletter] 9 Sep 2002 Bill to have impact on many businesses Capital Gains Tax [read full newsletter] 24 Jul 2002 Where to from here by Jerry Margolius of the Institute of Valuers Government Gazette Notices [read full newsletter] 17 Jul 2002 Business-related topics from the latest government and provincial gazettes The Electrical Compliance Certificate [read full newsletter] 8 Jul 2002 Dramatic Legislative Amendments Affecting The Electrical Compliance Certificate New compliance system on the cards [read full newsletter] 17 May 2002 Proposals for new national Electrical Installation Regulations have been published for comment Financial Intelligence – what you need to know and do [read full newsletter] 2 May 2002 The government has co-opted you, and the rest of the estate agency industry, into the fight against money laundering. Valuers support agents doing valuations [read full newsletter] 10 Apr 2002 Special category of valuers to be created to facilitate the registration of suitably qualified estate agents Government backs down on clearance certificate [read full newsletter] 22 Jan 2002 Update on proposed amendments to Section 118 of the new Municipal Systems Act Valuations for Capital Gains Purposes [read full newsletter] 10 Oct 2001 We have been asked on a number of occasions whether estate agents are allowed to do valuations for capital gains purposes and if so, whether they may charge for the service.