# The Constitutional Court will today hear the DA’s application for confirmation of the Western Cape High Court order, which declared a section of the Value-Added Tax Act unconstitutional. The section in question allows the Minister of Finance to announce a change to the VAT rate in the budget. This follows last year’s fight over the two-percent VAT increase. The DA is also appealing the suspension of the declaration for 24 months. It argues that the minister cannot have unilateral powers to set the VAT rate.
DA is heading to the ConCourt to seek a final order on constitutional invalidity of VAT powers