More taxpayers will be caught by lower ringfencing threshold
The threshold for ringfencing assessed losses from ‘suspect’ or ‘hobby-like’ trades will be reduced from the 45% marginal rate to 39%.
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Treasury favours conditional access to retirement pot for retrenched workers
It is also open to discussions on letting members transfer all their vested savings into their retirement and savings components.
Two-pot withdrawals: taxpayers who understate their income face penalties
SARS has processed more than 1.2 million tax directives for savings component withdrawals, paying out R21.4 billion to fund members.
R4.1 billion in withdrawals: surge in two-pot claims highlights financial planning challenges
The introduction of the two-pot retirement system has triggered a wave of withdrawal applications, prompting concerns over tax liabilities and the need for improved financial education.
Beware the tax impact on withdrawals from your savings ‘pot’
Avoiding the tax hit is one of the reasons retirement fund members should have an emergency fund.
SARS alerts fund members to the requirements for two-pot withdrawals
A request for a tax directive will be declined if a member is not a registered taxpayer or has outstanding returns.
FSCA alerts funds of consequences if two-pot rule amendments aren’t submitted by 31 July
Funds that cannot pay withdrawals because their rules are invalid must inform members why they may not be allowed to access their benefits.
10 things people often get wrong about the two-pot retirement system
Old Mutual’s learnings about what people know or expect, based on its interactions with customers and advisers.
Pre-retirement savings withdrawals ‘make sense in certain cases’
Preservation must be encouraged, but the reality is that a retirement fund is many South Africans’ only source of savings, says Alexforbes.
Pre-retirement withdrawals may cost RA investors dearly, Coronation warns
Withdrawing early effectively means you are borrowing from your future self over a fixed term at your expected rate of return on your RA investment.
Dispelling misconceptions about the two-pot retirement system
Members particularly need to understand pre-retirement withdrawals, and the implications of these withdrawals, including tax and liquidity at retirement.
Two pots: resist the urge to access your RA savings unnecessarily
Every R1 withdrawn prematurely from retirement savings could incur a future loss of up to R30 at retirement.
