Croome's doctoral thesis dealt with issues relating to constitutional law, taxpayers' rights and the powers of the South African Revenue Services. This thesis won the doctoral category of the Deneys Reitz Tax Thesis Competition 2009. In 2009, the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners recognised this thesis as "a significant contribution to South African tax Jurisprudence". In November 2014, Croome presented a paper entitled "The Shift to a Constitutional Democracy in 1994 and the impact thereof on tax law in South Africa" at the University of Cape Town's conference "Income Tax in South Africa: The First 100 Years". graduation ceremony for all the graduating students of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management. Photograph shows from left to right: Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Y Ballim, Dr Beric Croome and Professor David Kolitz, President of the Convocation of the University of the Witwatersrand in discussion with Retired Judge Ian Gordon Farlem, Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the 2012 Marikana Massacre
Awards and honours
Croome was recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 – Tax ; The Legal 500 Guide to Outstanding Lawyers 2016 – Tax ; Who’s Who Legal 2016, 2015 – Corporate Tax: Advisory ; Who’s Who Legal 2016 – Corporate Tax: Controversy ; Best Lawyers® 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 – Tax and Tax Directors Handbook TDG250 2016, 2014 – Tax. International law directory, Chambers & Partners, ranked Croome as a "key individual who was a hard-working and very knowledgeable practitioner". In 2010, the editors of and Business Day Tax & Law Review awarded Croome "Lawyer of the Year 2010 – South Africa ". In 2002, Croome was a nominee for the University of the Witwatersrand Convocation Honour Award for his contribution to commerce and industry.
The Dr Beric Croome Post-Graduate Scholarship in Tax Law
In 2020, the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law established the "Dr Beric Croome Post-Graduate Tax Law Scholarship". from which an annual scholarship will be awarded to a student undertaking postgraduate tax law studies.
Works
In 2017, Croome co-authored Street Smart Taxpayers: A Practical Guide to your Rights in South Africa with his wife, South African poet and author Judy Croome. Croome was the managing editor of and a contributing author to Tax Law: An Introduction In the Canadian textbook Tax Litigation, he was the co-contributor of the chapter on South African tax. He was also the author of Taxpayers' Rights in South Africa, a textbook examining taxation-related entrenched clauses in the 1996 constitution, and a co-author with Lynette Olivier of Tax Administration and Tax Administration. He was the author of the "Tax Bites" column in Business Day and the "Dear SARS" column in Accountancy SA and appeared on South African television and radio. Croome's paper entitled "The Shift to a Constitutional Democracy in 1994 and the impact thereof on tax law in South Africa" presented at the University of Cape Town's conference "Income Tax in South Africa: The First 100 Years" was published in 2016. Croome had published tax articles in international journals, and was the South African Branch reporter for the International Fiscal Association and, at the International Fiscal Association 69th Annual Congress in Basel 2015, Croome was both the South African Branch Reporter and a panellist on "Subject 2 The Practical Protection of Taxpayer Rights". Croome also authored a report on Taxpayers' Rights for the University of Cape Town's law journal, Acta Juridica.
