“We need to have a serious debate about raising taxes, because taxes are going to have to go up. There is no doubt about it in my mind,” Michael Sachs, the deputy chairman […]
The government proposes to address anomalies in the Income Tax Act to ensure that members of pension and provident funds are treated alike, according to proposals announced in the Budget Review. The anomalies […]
The government intends introducing several amendments to legislation that will affect exchange control in general and crypto assets in particular. The 2022 Budget Review set out the following proposals that will ease the […]
The government intends to amend section 7B of the Income Tax Act to cater for performance-based variable remuneration, the 2022 Budget Review says. In terms of the Act, “variable remuneration” includes: Overtime pay, […]
National Treasury intends to close an anomaly in the Income Tax Act that enables individuals whose tax residency ceases to double dip into certain exemptions and exclusions, according to the 2022 Budget Review. […]
Jeff Schultz, senior economist at BNP Paribas South Africa, provides the following perspective on the Budget. He discusses: What the ANC hopes the Budget will achieve politically. The outlook for government revenue and […]
National Treasury will publish a discussion document dealing with the tax treatment of collective investment schemes’ trading profits before proposing amendments to the Income Tax Act, the 2022 Budget Review says. CIS distributions […]
The most notable feature of Budget 2022 is National Treasury’s intent to stabilise the government’s debt ratio, as it “saves” a significant portion of its current tax windfall, estimated at R181.9 billion in […]
National Treasury’s proposal to harmonise the offshore limit for all insurance, retirement and savings funds will enable retirement funds to invest up to 45% of their capital offshore. This includes the 10% allowance […]
The government has allocated a total of R22 billion to Sasria in the current financial year to enable it to settle claims and ensure it has sufficient capital to meet regulatory requirements, according […]
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did not announce any significant changes to the tax regime in his maiden Budget speech this week. However, consumers will benefit from the decision not to increase the general […]
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