The Constitutional Court rules that whether someone qualifies as a dependant must be determined as at the date of a retirement fund member’s death, not when the fund decides how to distribute the benefit.
Filing season opened on 1 July 2021, with a significant number of taxpayers being assessed automatically. Key dates to diarise: 1 July to 23 November 2021 – for non-provisional taxpayers filing online. 16 […]
You would be quite right in assuming that I have finally lost my remaining marbles by sharing an article on people celebrating togetherness when we have just been downgraded to a level 4 […]
You would be quite right in assuming that I have finally lost my remaining marbles by sharing an article on people celebrating togetherness when we have just been downgraded to a level 4 […]
If you had hopes that the new kid on the block would disappear if you ignored it long enough, think again. Updates and exemptions are flying in thick and fast and furious. On […]
If you had hopes that the new kid on the block would disappear if you ignored it long enough, think again. Updates and exemptions are flying in thick and fast and furious. On […]
Unbeknown to most of our readers, they almost became criminals overnight. In an article titled Important changes to PAIA on Monday we reported about changes to the Promotion of Access to Information Act […]
Unbeknown to most of our readers, they almost became criminals overnight. In an article titled Important changes to PAIA on Monday we reported about changes to the Promotion of Access to Information Act […]
A Cape Argus article dated 24 June 2021 relates the details of a short-term insurance client who is suing his broker for negligence in failing to effect insurance against business interruption, leading to […]
Some of the highlights from survey concerns suspended contributions, a decrease in fund members and greater focus on wellness. It also notes the impact of the default regulations introduced in 2019. Suspended contributions […]
Some of the highlights from survey concerns suspended contributions, a decrease in fund members and greater focus on wellness. It also notes the impact of the default regulations introduced in 2019. Suspended contributions […]
Last year South Africa achieved yet another dubious record when the Mirror Trading implosion was regarded as the biggest crypto currency scam ever. On 23 June Moneyweb reports: Africrypt ‘hack’ of nearly R54bn […]
“There is something that has been bugging me since 2004”, writes Andró Griessel on the Netwerk24 website, “and that is the so-called early termination charges on contractual savings plans.” (My translation) Griessel states […]
Whilst a lot has been said about POPIA, its older but lesser known cousin, the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) has quietly entered the stage, left, almost as a postscript to […]
Survey Results One of the key findings from our recent online Financial Services Technology Survey is that free customer engagement software is prevalent within the industry. Zoom (used by 80% of respondents) and […]
Survey Results One of the key findings from our recent online Financial Services Technology Survey is that free customer engagement software is prevalent within the industry. Zoom (used by 80% of respondents) and […]
A number of changes to the General Code of Conduct for Authorised Financial Services Providers and Representatives become effective on 26 June 2021. The not so good news We reported on these changes […]
A very interesting article on the Werksmans website provides some insight into what may just be the first of many unforeseen outcomes of this new legislation. A Legalbrief Today article points out […]
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