Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991)

Part III : Registration

24. Cancellation of registration
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(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), every vendor shall cease to be liable to be registered where the Commissioner is satisfied that the total value of the vendor's taxable suppliers in the period of 12 months commencing at the beginning of any tax period of the vendor will be not more than the amount referred to in section 23(1) or (1A).

[Section 24(1) substituted by section 71(1) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), GG42951, dated 15 January 2020 - deemed to come into operation 1 April 2019 (Section 71(2)]

 

(2)Every vendor who wishes to have his registration cancelled in the circumstances contemplated in subsection (1), may request the Commissioner in writing to cancel his registration, and if the Commissioner is satisfied as contemplated in subsection (1), the Commissioner shall cancel the vendor's registration with effect from the last day of the tax period during which the Commissioner was so satisfied, or from such other date as may be determined by the Commissioner, and shall notify the vendor of the date on which the cancellation of the registration takes effect.

 

(3)Every vendor who ceases to carry on all enterprises shall notify the Commissioner of that fact within 21 days of the date of such cessation and the Commissioner shall cancel the registration of such vendor with effect from the last day of the tax period during which all such enterprises ceased, or from such other date as may be determined by the Commissioner.

 

(4)Any notification by a vendor in terms of subsection (3) shall be made in writing to the Commissioner and shall state the date upon which that vendor ceased to carry on all enterprieses and whether or not that vendor intends to carry on any enterprise within 12 months from that date.

 

(5)Where the Commissioner is satisfied that a vendor—
(a)no longer complies with the requirements for registration as contemplated in section 23(1) and (3); or
(b)has failed to furnish the Commissioner with a return reflecting such information as may be required for the purposes of the calculation of tax in terms of section 14 or 16,

the Commissioner may cancel such vendor’s registration with effect from the last day of the tax period during which the Commissioner is so satisfied, or from such other date as may be determined by the Commissioner: Provided that where such person lodges an objection against the Commissioner’s decision under this subsection the cancellation of that person’s registration shall not take effect until such time as the Commissioner’s decision becomes final and conclusive.

 

(6)Where any person has been registered as a vendor in consequence of an application made by him under section 23(3) and subsequent to the registration of that person as a vendor it appears to the Commissioner that such person's registration should be cancelled by reason of any of the circumstances referred to in section 23(7), the Commissioner may cancel such person's registration with effect from a date determined by the Commissioner: Provided that where such person lodges an objection against the Commissioner's decision under this subsection the cancellation of that person's registration shall not take effect until such time as the Commissioner's decision becomes final and conclusive.

 

(7)The Commissioner shall give written notice to the person concerned of his decision to cancel such person's registration in terms of this section or of his refusal to cancel such registration.