Financial Emigration, a division of Tax Consulting South Africa, offers a bespoke service to individuals wishing to terminate their tax residency status with the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”). We have more than 17 years of experience across a number of different fields allowing us to offer expert advice across the board, while maintaining high levels of service excellence. This uniquely enables us to facilitate your complete financial emigration as well as the recovery of any retirement funds, such as pension funds or retirement annuities.

Undergoing the Financial Emigration process, proves one’s intention to permanently reside outside of South Africa which coincides with South African tax residency tests – thus the formalisation of both exchange control and tax residency statuses being noted as “non-resident”.

Financial Emigration remains the only SARS process used by many South Africans abroad to cease their tax residency of South Africa. The process has changed slightly from 1 March 2021 and it is important to familiarise yourself with the new requirements.