Foreign Property Investment into South Africa:
Entities, Structures and Tax Considerations
Foreign buyers remain a critical segment of the South African property market, but transactions involving non-residents frequently stall due to tax and compliance misunderstandings.
Date:
11 May 2026
Time:
10:00 - 11:00
Platform:
Zoom
Cost:
Free
CPD Points:
1.0
Cost:
Free
CPD Points:
1.0
This webinar provides Property Practitioners with practical guidelines for compliance and not guidelines to compliance when working with foreign buyers.
Attendees will leave the webinar ready to ask the right questions, manage buyer expectations, work seamlessly with conveyancers and tax advisors, and advise international clients with confidence to ensure smoother property registrations.
Key topics
In this session, we will discuss:
- Understanding the compliance framework
- Different structures or entities for buying property
- Tax implications, including the requirement for tax numbers and VAT registration for investment property
- High-level discussion on withholding tax for foreign sellers
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Who Should Join?
Conveyancers and Candidate Conveyancers
Individuals responsible for preparing transfer duty declarations and managing SARS eFiling interactions
Attorneys and Legal Practitioners
Especially those working in property law, commercial transactions, estate administration, and trusts
Tax Practitioners and Accounting Professionals
Advisors dealing with VAT, transfer duty, withholding tax, and SARS compliance for clients involved in property sales
Estate Agents and Property Consultants
Agents who need to understand the tax implications of property sales to guide clients accurately
Compliance Officers and Administrators
Staff responsible for maintaining eFiling profiles, user rights, and conveyancer registrations
Trust and Estate Administrators
Professionals dealing with deceased estate property disposals and related tax obligations
Meet The Speakers
Sidney Fletcher
SENIOR MANAGER: TAX COMPLIANCE, TAX CONSULTING SOUTH AFRICA
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Sidney Fletcher is a versatile and results-driven, qualified Tax Technician and Senior Tax Practitioner. With over 20 years of experience in the tax environment, and a significant portion spent at SARS specialising in Taxpayer Education and the tax administration of trusts and deceased estates, he brings a wealth of expertise to his role as Senior Manager: Trust and Deceased Estates Tax Compliance. Sidney is a dedicated professional with extensive knowledge, particularly in Individual and Trust Taxes, which makes him an outstanding tax planner adept at tax optimisation. He enjoys the subtle nuances and complexities of tax, finding them both challenging and stimulating. Committed to providing the best care for his clients through transparent communication, Sidney is also skilled in negotiation and possesses a strong ability to problem-solve to assist clients with any tax-related issues they may encounter.
Louis Slabbert
DIRECTOR, DYKES VAN HEERDEN ATTORNEYS AND CONVEYANCERS
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After completing his degrees and articles, Louis Slabbert was admitted as an attorney in November 2002, whereafter he practised as such with Wilson, Markel & Basson Attorneys in Somerset West. He started practising with Heunis & Heunis Attorneys in Cape Town in June 2003, where he specialised in property law until he was headhunted by Dykes, Van Heerden Inc., a property law firm based in Roodepoort, Gauteng, who wanted a branch to be opened in Cape Town. He opened the branch in Bellville on 1 June 2004 and is a shareholder and director of Dykes van Heerden Cape Inc., as well as a partner in Dykes van Heerden Slabbert Hopkins.
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