Daniel N. Erasmus has just been appointed an Adjunct Professor in International Tax Planning & Tax Risk Management at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California. He has been invited to teach in his field of expertise this fall, in an American Bar Association approved LLM course, via the Internet! His expertise and reputation has gained recognition in the USA.
- Bachelor of Arts (Politics & Law), University of the Witwatersrand;
- Bachelor Procurationes (Law), University of South Africa;
- Higher Diploma in Tax Law, University of the Witwatersrand;
- Awaiting PhD. University of KwaZulu-Natal;
- Admitted to practice as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa;
- Master Tax Practitioner (SA);
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law - Immigration & International Estate Planning (AAFM Certification);
- Tax Executives Institute 2009 International Tax Course;
- Tax Training at Deloitte.
Chairman and CEO of TRM Services, Daniel N. Erasmus pioneered the advancement of taxpayers’ rights in matters of taxation, ultimately developing a system of tax risk management to circumvent the adversarial nature of tax controversies with tax authorities. He is a world-wide leader in knowledge and skills in this area of taxation, having taught thousands of delegates at workshops the principles of tax risk management, and how to implement these principles in MNE’s.
Daniel started his tax career in the mid 1980's at Deloitte & Touche. Shortly thereafter he joined the tax department of Hofmeyr Attorneys, where he was soon appointed at that stage as the youngest equity director of that firm. After a number of years, he left to form his own tax law firm, attracting various multinational clients, and later headed the tax department of former 100 year old law firm Moss Morris. He was the chairman of the Law Society of South Africa's Tax Matters Committee for more than seven years, and still is a member of that committee after it merged with the exchange control committee (serving as chairman and member for more than 10 years). He is co-founder and former lecturer of the University of Johannesburg's Diploma in Tax Practice program, and co-authored VAT for Lawyers: A Guideline; CGT: A Guideline, and more recently Lexis Nexis Butterworth’s Exchange Control & Income Tax Amnesty Handbook.
Daniel was on a sub-committee on the Katz Commission of Inquiry into Taxation in South Africa, and has been a member of the VAT technical committee for SARS. He is also the founder of the dedicated tax website: http://www.taxtalk.co.za/ and lectures extensively on various specialist subjects in the field of taxation in South Africa and abroad.
As a result of his courses he has guided and also consulted many leading MNE's, including SABMiller plc - in South Africa, Africa, East Europe and has been approached to assist in Western Europe, Old Mutual plc, Accenture, Nampak Ltd, AECI Ltd, Sasol Ltd, WBHO Ltd, Anglo American plc, Barloworld Ltd, The SA Post Office Ltd, Group 5 Ltd, Vodacom Ltd, Tsogo Sun Group, ABSA (part of the Barclays Group) and other prominent companies.
Bar Admissions
- Practising attorney admitted to practice as an attorney in the High Court of South Africa, 1989.
Court Admissions
- Former presiding officer of the Tax Board for hearing Tax Appeals, 1993 - 1998;
- Tax Court.
High Court;
- Supreme Court of Appeal.
Practice Areas
- Immigration/Emigration and International Tax;
- Tax Audits, Controversy & Litigation;
- Tax Risk Management for MNE’s internationally;
- Corporate: Tax Planning & Compliance;
- International Tax;
- Transfer Pricing;
- Sales & Use Tax, and Value Added Tax;
- Capital Gains Tax;
- Exchange Control & Tax Amnesties;
- Constitutional Law & Tax;
- Structured Finance;
- Mergers & Acquisitions;
- Venture Capital;
- International Mutual & Hedge Funds;
- Restructuring Businesses.
Professional Memberships
- Member of American Bar Association (Tax & Admin Law Chapters);
- Member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents in the USA;
- Law Societies of South Africa (LAWSA);
- Law Society of the Northern Provinces;
- Registered Tax Practioner with the South African Revenue Services;
- LAWSA Ad Hoc Exchange Control & Tax Matters Committee (former chairperson for 7 years);
- Registered as a Tax Practitioner with SARS;
- South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, Master Tax Practitioner;
- Tax Executives Institute.
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