Crypto transfers: new client information requirements coming for CASPs and intermediaries

The ‘travel rule’ means CASPs and FSPs cannot initiate a crypto asset transfer unless they can transmit prescribed information.

10 predictions for this week’s Budget

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will deliver his maiden Budget speech on Wednesday. After almost two years since South Africa declared a State of Disaster in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic […]

Making it through January without gambling your financial future

January is typically a very long month for many South African families seeking to stretch December salaries until the first payday of the New Year, with the result that many consumers take out […]

Women and Money – Finances not seen as a man’s problem only

South African women are struggling to make ends meet, with 81% of them running out of money before the end of the month (vs. 72% of males). This despite the fact that women […]

Budget 2019 – Insurance industry sees substantial changes in tax legislation

Alwina Brand, PwC Tax Partner was recently quoted in a Business Report article where she shared that the insurance industry has seen a number of substantial changes to tax legislation over the past […]

Budget 2019 – Insurance industry sees substantial changes in tax legislation

Allan Gray’s view on Budget 2019

– Focus shifts to restoring credibility Today’s media is filled with an array of comments and analysis of the Budget Speech of yesterday. According to Carla Rossouw, tax manager at Allan Gray, the […]

Prof Matthew Lester’s tequila-tax-slam-dunk

Can we use the changes in income tax to score big on our tax returns? 22 February 2017 is South Africa’s national budget day and there is a lot of doom and gloom […]