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Jo-Paula Roman

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Jo-Paula Roman is an Associate in ENSafrica’s Tax department. She specialises in domestic and international corporate income tax matters, with a particular interest in value-added tax (“VAT”).

She has acted for a variety of clients in the retail, banking and financial services industries, as well as for clients providing various platform services.

Jo-Paula’s experience includes advising on the tax aspects of corporate restructuring, such as unbundling and M&A transactions, as well as on the VAT aspects of cross-border supplies and financial services. She also assists clients with their tax planning matters, and has particular experience in the establishment of trusts with a view to obtaining tax exemption status under the public benefit organisation dispensation of the South African Income Tax Act, 1962.

In addition, Jo-Paula’s experience includes advising on exchange control, and the application thereof to transactions involving cryptoassets.

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South African Crypto Asset Regulatory Framework Proposed
ENSafrica, April 2020

The Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group (“CAR WG”) of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (“IFWG”) has released its long-anticipated position paper on crypto assets. The position paper proposes that a clear regulatory policy for crypto assets be adopted in South Africa. However, it is still recommend that crypto assets not be regarded as legal tender or public money...

South Africa: Tax Considerations Arising from the Impact of COVID-19 on Contractual Obligations
ENSafrica, April 2020

Our firm has published several articles in relation to the impact of COVID-19 on the contractual obligations of parties, mainly due to the promulgation of emergency legislation impacting performance...

South Africa: COVID-19 tax relief measures
ENSafrica, March 2020

On Monday, 23 March 2020, the President of South Africa announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown, with effect from midnight on Thursday, 26 March 2020. In brief, all persons in South Africa are prohibited from leaving their homes for the 21-day period, except if specifically exempted to perform an essential service (health care professionals, food distributors etc...

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