Tax Advisers - Deloitte

South Africa
David Clegg
Ernst & Young
52 Corlett Drive
Wanderers Office Park
Illovo, Johannesburg 2196
South Africa
Tel: (27) 21 443 0261
Email: david.clegg@za.ey.com
Website: www.ey.com
David Clegg graduated from the University of Cape Town (BComm LlB, BComm,
hons, tax), and practised law as an attorney for some years before being admitted to
practise as an advocate (barrister).
He has been a partner in an associate firm of Ernst & Young South Africa for 26 years
and is currently national technical director (tax) for that firm. He is the co-author of
Income Tax in South Africa (ITSA) (Lexisnexis Butterworths) and the author of a
number of practical guides in niche areas of tax law. He also contributes the South
African chapter of the IBFD’s Taxation of Trusts.
His principal area of practice is currently domestic corporate tax but he has a particular
interest in the taxation of trusts and also heads up Ernst & Young’s oil and gas group
in South Africa (the only firm in the country to have a specialist unit) and for some
years was responsible for the firm’s international tax group. He is based in the firm’s
Cape Town office.
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