Chartered Tax Advisor with a Masters Degree in Tax Law.
And 30 years worth of tax and estate planning experience.
Peter is a seasoned Advocate specializing in Tax Consultancy. His expertise includes advisory services, tax planning, consulting, and comprehensive tax health assessments for individuals, companies, and trusts.
Headquartered in Graaff-Reinet, serving a client base with cross-jurisdiction matters in both South Africa and Botswana.
Areas of Practice:
Advice and Consulting
In general, this practice focuses on the provision of solutions to businesspeople, the type of problems that are usually addressed are those that relate to shareholder disputes, and or the prevention of shareholder disputes. Planning for optimal protection and enjoyment of assets. Succession planning.
Oftentimes, a businessman will have a specific set of problems that require unorthodox solutions. These scenarios are encountered fairly frequently and the individuals concerned have been satisfied with results delivered. Your practitioner often cooperates at a high level with local and international professionals when providing consultation or advisory services consults to clients.
Tax and Estate Planning
A specialty of this practice is tax and estate planning. I have extensive experience in the provision of solutions that tend to minimize the taxes payable where possible. Tax disputes locally and internationally and cross border disputes have frequently been dealt with.
Tax Health Analyses
Revenue authorities are finding new methods to create obstacles in the path of successful dispute resolutions it is often difficult to communicate with the revenue officer concerned in a matter. It cannot be argued that tax dispute resolution is inexpensive or time efficient!
One obvious solution is to prevent tax disputes in the first place, this is achieved by means of tax health checks as a lawyer with a solid foundation in tax case authorities’ potential problems are identified, such as resolutions taken that might cause adverse tax effects. Identifying such problems affords the directors, shareholders and professional advisors an opportunity to take corrective measures.
Alternate Dispute Resolution
This practise has been involved with litigation on behalf of taxpayers and on behalf of commercial clients and also on behalf of heirs in deceased estate matters as well as numerous sequestrations, liquidations and rehabilitations. Notable successes have been in the field of income tax disputes as well as commercial disputes.
Litigation
Alternate Dispute Resolution is very often preferable to litigation. Even if litigation is being considered, the alternate dispute resolution process helps to delineate issues in dispute into sharper focus, saving time and money.
The key to successful alternate dispute resolution, is to provide concise and clear evidence. Numerous disputes have been settled in this fashion.
Commercial work including Trusts and Contracts
This practise focuses extensively on trust formation and advice surrounding trusts locally and internationally. Cross border tax questions often arise and advise is provided. Having witnessed the consequences of a lack of written contracts and/ or self-drafted contracts, every possible angle and possible ramification that may be generated by virtue of a transaction is considered and all contracts are accorded are considered in detail.
Your practitioner takes a keen interest in international innovations and, where appropriate, orthodox and unorthodox developments and contracts for the benefit of business clients.
Get in Touch
Every tax situation is unique. For sound advice tailored to your specific tax or litigation matter, contact Peter.