Log in

Create a user profile using your existing professional profile on LinkedIn, Academia, or ResearchGate.


Alternatively, register a username and password to start an account.


By creating an account you will be able to contribute articles, engage in discussion groups, network with fellow professionals and businesses, and receive interest-related alerts.

Forgot Password

Please enter your email address below and you will receive a temporary link to re-activate your account

Explore South African Tax Data

Article image

Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, University of the Free State, SARS-NT Panel

01 January 2023

English

uKESA Librarian 2

Dashboard

Africa

Why spatial economic data?
There are serious deficiencies in the coverage and quality of spatial economic data in South Africa. This is a handicap for policymakers and government officials who lack reliable information on which to base crucial decisions. Robust data is also essential for monitoring changing economic conditions and sectoral and spatial shifts over time. A lack of reliable data is also a handbrake on research (and advocacy) about the important role of cities in economic development. The socio-spatial legacy of apartheid continues to undermine the performance of South Africa’s cities and regions. There is a serious risk that the country’s economic problems are misdiagnosed without a spatial lens.

 

A breakthrough mining tax records
The Human Sciences Research Council and National Treasury: City Support Programme entered into a partnership in July 2021 in order to plug this gap in the availability and accessibility of spatial economic data. This helped contribute to a key breakthrough in spatial economic data for the country: the mining of administrative tax records into a Spatial Tax Panel. This was possible through the support and close collaboration of the South African Revenue Services, UNU-WIDER (who manage a Secure Data Facility for tax data at the National Treasury) and Statistics South Africa.

 

A broader programme of work
These efforts have culminated in the launch of ‘Spatial Economic Activity Data: South Africa’ (SEADsa) which is a consortium of stakeholders who share a common interest in understanding the spatial economy of South Africa. The programme continues to pioneer work in this domain including administrative data mining (including adding new sources), applied research, peer-to-peer learning, data training as well as advocacy for a focus on city regions and the spatial economy.

 

The Spatial Tax Portal has been launched. It is a user-friendly web interface that makes it simple and easy to explore and download spatial tax data. The portal includes a number of online tools for building custom maps ('map explorer') or exploring particular themes ('dashboards') across different municipalities including economic growth, industry diagnostics, and equitable economies.

 

Access the speeches and presentations from the launch here

 

Abstract based directly on original source.

Downloads

Website References

Buffalo City

Built environment

Cape Town

Cities and towns

Construction

Data analysis

Development

Development policy

Districts

Economics

Finance

Governance

Johannesburg

Livelihoods

Local government

Macro economics

Mangaung

Markets

Municipalities

Nelson Mandela Bay

Policy

Provinces

South Africa

Tax increment finance

Tshwane

eThekwini

View Contributors:

Comments

No comments available
LOAD MORE