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Dividends Tax Administration and Shareholder Distributions

Dividends tax obligations often sit uncomfortably between the company secretary, the finance team and external advisors, and errors surface only when SARS raises a query. This course explains how dividends tax is withheld, declared and paid, when exemptions and reduced rates apply, and how to handle distributions to local and foreign shareholders. Examples reflect the group and family company structures common across the region.

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What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish dividends tax from company income tax within a distribution decision.
  • Determine when a company must withhold, declare and pay dividends tax.
  • Apply exemptions, exemption declarations and reduced treaty rates correctly.
  • Process distributions to local, foreign and exempt shareholders accurately.
  • Complete and submit the dividends tax return within statutory deadlines.
  • Document beneficial ownership and declarations to support each distribution.

Course outline

  1. 01How dividends tax works in South Africa
  2. 02Withholding obligations and payment timing
  3. 03Exemptions and exemption declarations
  4. 04Reduced rates under tax treaties
  5. 05Distributions to foreign shareholders
  6. 06Deemed dividends and loan accounts
  7. 07Completing the dividends tax return
  8. 08Beneficial ownership and record keeping

Who should attend

Company secretaries, financial managers, tax administrators and accountants who process shareholder distributions and dividend declarations.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
5 to 6 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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