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VAT Solutions for Pension and Provident Funds

A clearer path through VAT treatment, retrospective recovery and the prospective position.

Through its collaboration with VATiQ, FinAscend provides business-development support for a specialist VAT solution designed for pension and provident funds.

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Specialist fund VAT support

A specialist solution for the way VAT is treated within pension and provident funds.

FinAscend works in partnership with VATiQ to support the provision of a VAT solution to pension and provident funds.

The solution seeks to streamline VAT treatment within the fund, address retrospective recovery potential and facilitate the process of obtaining a Private Binding Ruling with SARS.

Historic and prospective
The approach connects retrospective refund potential with a clearer basis for recurring annual local VAT recoveries.

The VAT solution

Four connected components within one specialist recovery pathway.

The FinAscend and VATiQ solution spans VAT treatment within the fund, retrospective recovery, a SARS ruling process and recurring prospective recovery.

Streamline

VAT treatment within the fund

Support a more structured treatment of VAT within the pension or provident fund.

Fund VAT activity → clearer treatment
Review

Retrospective recovery potential

Address the opportunity to secure a retrospective VAT refund based on the fund’s circumstances.

Historic VAT position → recovery review
Formalise

Binding Private Ruling (BPR) with SARS

Facilitate the process of obtaining a Binding Private Ruling (BPR) with SARS as part of the solution.

Treatment approach → formal SARS ruling process
Recover

Recurring local VAT recovery

Support a prospective basis for recurring annual local VAT recoveries at an improved recovery percentage.

Prospective treatment → recurring recovery potential

FinAscend and VATiQ

Specialist collaboration brings each part of the VAT pathway into one view.

FinAscend’s business-development role and VATiQ’s VAT advisory expertise come together around a solution developed for pension and provident funds.

Review the history. Formalise the treatment. Improve the prospective position.
01

Assess

Understand the fund’s VAT position

02

Recover

Address retrospective refund potential

03

Rule

Facilitate a Private Binding Ruling

04

Continue

Support recurring annual local recovery

Specialist collaborationFund VAT solution

A more structured VAT position

The solution is designed to connect historic recovery with prospective treatment.

Each component supports the broader objective of streamlining VAT within the fund and improving the basis on which local VAT may be recovered.

Streamlined treatment

A clearer approach to the treatment of VAT within the pension or provident fund.

Retrospective refund potential

A structured process focused on the fund’s historic VAT recovery position.

SARS ruling process

Facilitation of a Private Binding Ruling with SARS as part of the solution.

Prospective recovery basis

A foundation intended to support recurring annual local VAT recoveries at an improved recovery percentage.

Pension fund VAT questions

A clearer introduction to the specialist solution.

FinAscend works in collaboration with VATiQ to provide specialist support around the VAT solution for pension and provident funds.

The solution is designed for pension and provident funds.

FinAscend’s original page states that the solution is provided through a partnership collaboration with VATiQ.

Yes. The solution includes reviewing retrospective VAT recovery potential based on the fund’s historic VAT position.

The solution includes facilitating a Private Binding Ruling with SARS, supporting the prospective treatment and recurring recovery approach.

Start a conversation

Bring the fund’s VAT treatment, recovery and prospective position into one conversation.

Connect with FinAscend to discuss the specialist VAT solution delivered in collaboration with VATiQ.