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The carbon tax liabilities of commercial property owners would be captured “largely in the electricity bills when Eskom passes through the tax they pay through to consumers.… The impact on the property owners will depend on how they handle the electricity cost in the lease agreements — I suspect they will pass the cost on to their tenants.”

Robbie Louw, a director at carbon advisory firm Promethium Carbon (SA Commercial Prop News: S.Africa’s Commercial Property Industry faces extra carbon tax burden)

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