Petr Erasmus
Petr Erasmus is a Director in our Tax & Exchange Control practice.
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
Experience
Customs and Excise
- internal remedies and litigation
- drafting and obtaining of tariff-, valuation- and origin determinations in various sectors from SARS
- audits, notices of intentions to demand, letters of demand, detentions and seizures by SARS
- legal advice and opinions
- licensing / registration
- high level audits verifying client compliance
- refunds and other repayments
Customs and Excise legislation
Specialises in Customs & Excise legislation including tariff, valuation, origin and other fields in customs & excise law
During tenure at SARS
- Legal Advisor / Litigation
- Risk analysis
- Cargo examination
- Checking and stops
- Passenger Hall
- Excise
- Licensing and Registration
- Projects
News
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
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
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?
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
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.
Expertise
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