Budget 3.0: VAT Increase Out, Fuel Levy Hikes In

Last month’s Budget 3.0 withdrew the contentious proposed VAT changes. This resulted in inflation-linked fuel levy increases of 16c for petrol and 15c for diesel, from 4 June.

Other tax proposals from March’s Budget – including static personal tax thresholds, reduced transfer duties, and sin tax increases – remain unchanged.

The tax measures contained in Budget 3.0 will raise an additional R18bn in 2025/26. A further R20bn in tax measures are postponed to Budget 2026 – unless SARS collects an extra R35bn in uncollected taxes, for which Budget 3.0 allocated an additional R4bn in funding.

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