Court ruling on SRD grant could deepen the government’s fiscal crisis
The judgment strikes down restrictive aspects of the grant regulations, ordering the government to increase the grant and ensure that no eligible applicants are excluded.
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Treasury analysing SARS data in considering a possible wealth tax
MPs are also told that the fiscus cannot afford a permanent and expanded Social Relief of Distress grant without tax increases.
Can the basic income grant be dismissed as simply ‘a vote-catching ploy’?
Like NHI, BIG has been on the government’s agenda for decades. An analysis shows the extent to which the ANC can look to other parties to support its implementation.
By how much will taxes have to increase to pay for a basic income grant?
Personal income tax (PIT), value-added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) would have to increase by just under 5% to raise R50 billion, or by slightly more than 9% to raise R100bn, […]
