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7 NEW LOCKDOWN RULES INCLUDING SARS OFFICIALS RETURNING TO WORK

07/05/2020

INCLUDING CHANGES FOR CARS, THE CURFEW AND WORKERS Government has published more than a dozen new directives around South Africa’s lockdown regulations since the official introduction of level 4 restrictions on Friday (1 May). These directives seek to clarify issues around the new restrictions as well as how the new rules will impact specific sectors...

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COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, EXPATRIATE TAX WILL BE DUE SOON

04/05/2020

Here comes the rain again With 1 March 2020 being the sunrise of the expatriate tax, the first tax payment will become due 31 August 2020. With the first provisional tax payment being due on 31 August 2020, there is some confusion regarding whether expatriates should be provisional taxpayers or not. This confusion is, of...

KNOW YOUR TAX LIABILITY SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES

02/04/2020

SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES The amendment to the expat tax exemption that came into effect 1 March 2020 will have a tremendous impact on both employers and employees respectively. We have consulted with some of the largest corporate groups in South Africa as well as in places such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius and the...

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TEMPLE GROUP (MAURITIUS) UPDATES ON THE IMMINENT FISCAL REFORMS IN SA

13/03/2020

Celebrating the launch of its regional office on the west coast of Mauritius, Temple Group conducted a workshop on the 2020 Tax Reforms in SA, emphasising the reforms announced in the recent budget speech, and the importance of choosing the correct processes for relocating oneself or a company outside of SA. Aditi Boolell, Lead Advisory...

NATIONAL TREASURY TAKES A VIEW ON FINANCIAL EMIGRATION

27/02/2020

South Africa Bleeding Skills Not surprisingly, there has been an outflow of South Africans in recent years for various reasons, a top reason being the punitive “expat tax” regime promulgated in December 2017, and effective 1 March 2020. Financial emigration being the main process being used to avoid this tax, as it placed one formally...

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BUDGET SPEECH 2020 – GOVERNMENT LAST DITCH ATTEMPT DUE TO EXODUS OF SOUTH AFRICANS

26/02/2020

In December 2017, the change to the foreign employment income exemption was promulgated into law. This has widely become known as the “expat tax”. The exemption at that point was capped at R1mil, meaning that South African tax residents earning foreign employment income above this threshold would no longer be exempt from tax in South...

UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICAN EXPAT TAX

12/02/2020

Amendments to the Income Tax Act will soon see all South Africans working outside the country’s borders contribute to the fiscus from 1 March. Currently, South Africans working outside the country’s borders for more than 183 days are exempted from paying tax to their home country. The amendment will now see a cap of R1...

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TAX D-DAY IS HERE: SA EXPATS IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE WITH SARS

16/01/2020

South African legislation governing expatriate tax exemption is set to change dramatically from 1st March 2020, affecting South Africans worldwide. This includes anyone who has permanently settled in another country. Those who do not comply with the new requirements face stiff penalties and risk up to two years in prison. To help expatriates understand their...

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SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW EXPAT TAX ‘A SCARE TACTIC - EXPERT'

15/01/2020

Thousands of South Africans will be impacted by new amendments to the Income Tax Act which will come into effect from 1 March 2020, says Nicolas Botha, a senior financial emigration specialist at Tax Consulting SA. Speaking in an interview with 702, Botha said that South African tax residents who render services outside the country...

EXPAT TAX: COUNTDOWN TO IMPLEMENTATION KICKS OFF

08/01/2020

An amendment to the Income Tax Act will bring considerable change to the expat landscape as from March 1, 2020. Jean du Toit and Jonty Leon are the technical editors of the publication "Expatriate Tax - South African Citizens Working Abroad and Foreigners in South Africa". Amendments to the Income Tax Act are due to...

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I WOULD LIKE TO EMIGRATE USING MY PROVIDENT FUND. HOW MUCH WILL I BE TAXED?

18/12/2019

HOW MUCH WILL I BE TAXED? A Fin24 user planning to use their provident fund to emigrate wants to know whether they will be taxed after the first R22 500. They write: I will resign from my current company in four months. My provident fund value is currently sitting at R201 150. I would like...

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KNOW WHEN YOUR TAX PRACTITIONER IS WORKING FOR SARS

21/11/2019

SARS Views – Not a Law Unto Itself It is an unfortunate sight when tax advisors from varied backgrounds, but more so those who do not have a legal background, turn a blind eye to South African tax legislation and rather submit to the ever-dominating “views” of SARS. Arguing with such an advisor who uses...

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7 NEW LOCKDOWN RULES INCLUDING SARS OFFICIALS RETURNING TO WORK

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, EXPATRIATE TAX WILL BE DUE SOON

KNOW YOUR TAX LIABILITY SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES

TEMPLE GROUP (MAURITIUS) UPDATES ON THE IMMINENT FISCAL REFORMS IN SA

NATIONAL TREASURY TAKES A VIEW ON FINANCIAL EMIGRATION

BUDGET SPEECH 2020 – GOVERNMENT LAST DITCH ATTEMPT DUE TO EXODUS OF SOUTH AFRICANS

UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICAN EXPAT TAX

TAX D-DAY IS HERE: SA EXPATS IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE WITH SARS

SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW EXPAT TAX ‘A SCARE TACTIC - EXPERT'

EXPAT TAX: COUNTDOWN TO IMPLEMENTATION KICKS OFF

I WOULD LIKE TO EMIGRATE USING MY PROVIDENT FUND. HOW MUCH WILL I BE TAXED?

KNOW WHEN YOUR TAX PRACTITIONER IS WORKING FOR SARS

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