Declaration of the SOUTH AFRICAN TAX JUSTICE WORKING GROUP and allied organisations

The South African Tax Justice Working Group and allied organisations call for progressive tax reforms to combat extreme inequality and tax evasion. They urge the South African government to use its 2025 G20 presidency to champion international corporate tax reform and a wealth tax on the ultra-rich, while calling on the National Treasury to shift away from regressive domestic taxes like VAT.

• South Africa is identified as the most unequal country globally, with the top 10% of the population holding 86% of aggregate wealth and accounting for 40% of household consumption, with inequalities persisting along racial lines from Apartheid.
• Global tax evasion by the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations is estimated to cause annual losses of $492bn, which the document argues leads to austerity and the adoption of regressive taxes such as fuel levies or VAT that disproportionately affect the working class.
• The Working Group advocates for the South African government to leverage its 2025 G20 presidency to lead international corporate taxation reform and support a wealth tax on the ultra-rich, continuing work initiated by Brazil.
• The declaration supports the transition toward a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation and the 'Taxing the Super-Rich' initiative announced on 1 July 2025 at the Seville Platform for Action.

APA

Institute for Economic Justice (n.d.). Declaration of the SOUTH AFRICAN TAX JUSTICE WORKING GROUP and allied organisations. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tax-Working-Group_-Draft-declaration.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Economic Justice. Declaration of the SOUTH AFRICAN TAX JUSTICE WORKING GROUP and allied organisations. n.d. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tax-Working-Group_-Draft-declaration.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{instituteforeconomicjusticenddeclaration, author = {{Institute for Economic Justice}}, title = {{Declaration of the SOUTH AFRICAN TAX JUSTICE WORKING GROUP and allied organisations}}, publisher = {Institute for Economic Justice}, url = {https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tax-Working-Group_-Draft-declaration.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }