Petr Erasmus

Director

Petr Erasmus is a Director in our Tax & Exchange Control practice.

Petr Erasmus

About Petr

About Petr

Petr started his career as a Customs and Excise Officer at SARS: Customs in 1996. He was deployed across a wide range of customs and excise positions and offices before being appointed as a Tax Lawyer / Legal Advisor in 2007 at SARS Head Office in Pretoria. During this time Petr was exposed to numerous matters relating to the entire scope of customs and excise.

Petr served his articles at the State Attorney in Pretoria in 2011, joined Shepstone & Wylie as an Associate in 2012 and was appointed as Partner in 2015. In 2016 he joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • B Proc, University of South Africa
  • LLB, University of South Africa
  • Admitted as an Attorney: 2012
  • Customs courses up to law enforcement and checking course
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Petr

Petr started his career as a Customs and Excise Officer at SARS: Customs in 1996. He was deployed across a wide range of customs and excise positions and offices before being appointed as a Tax Lawyer / Legal Advisor in 2007 at SARS Head Office in Pretoria. During this time Petr was exposed to numerous matters relating to the entire scope of customs and excise.

Petr served his articles at the State Attorney in Pretoria in 2011, joined Shepstone & Wylie as an Associate in 2012 and was appointed as Partner in 2015. In 2016 he joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director.

Credentials

Education

  • B Proc, University of South Africa
  • LLB, University of South Africa
  • Admitted as an Attorney: 2012
  • Customs courses up to law enforcement and checking course
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

  • English

News

Reclassification of certain health supplements in the import duty space
Tax & Exchange Control

Reclassification of certain health supplements in the import duty space

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has decided to reclassify various health supplements that were previously categorised under tariff heading (TH) 21.06. (providing for miscellaneous...

The termination of the International Trade Administration Commission’s investigation into increased imports of corrosion-resistant steel coils
Tax & Exchange Control

The termination of the International Trade Administration Commission’s investigation into increased imports of corrosion-resistant steel coils

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition issued Notice 2932 of 2025 in respect of the termination of the International Trade Administration Commission’s (ITAC) investigation...

Request for steel shoulder couplers tariff increase submitted to the International Trade Administration Commission
Tax & Exchange Control

Request for steel shoulder couplers tariff increase submitted to the International Trade Administration Commission

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition issued Notice 2944 of 2025 in respect of the International Trade Administration Commission’s (ITAC) first customs tariff application...

Can SARS limit access to a taxpayer’s premises when carrying out an inspection?
Tax & Exchange Control

Can SARS limit access to a taxpayer’s premises when carrying out an inspection?

Judgment was handed down in the case of Alliance Fuel (Pty) Ltd and Inspacial Properties (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service in the High Court on 15October2024. 

Duty-free, profit-heavy? How prices at SA airports duty-free stack up

Duty-free, profit-heavy? How prices at SA airports duty-free stack up

Petr Erasmus, Director in the Tax & Exchange Control practice was featured in Financial Mail discussing Duty-free, profit-heavy? How prices at SA airports duty-free stack up

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 mentioned Petr for Tax.

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 mentioned Petr for Tax.