Do I need to close my South African bank account when I financially emigrate?
Expats often are under the assumption that they need to close their South African Bank account prior to financially emigrating. A South African bank account is required for one to be able to financial emigrate, as the South African Reserve Bank process has to be initiated through a South African Bank. Your South African bank...
Do I Need to Dispose of My South African Assets When I Financially Emigrate?
Expats often presume they need to dispose of assets when financially emigrating. The financial emigration process has no impact on selling or otherwise disposing of any assets. This is simply not the truth, including that you do not have to cash-in on policies or retirement preservation vehicles. Those who spread miss-information hereon are often certain...
Significant Increase In Financial Emigration For South African Expatriates
Recent changes to the taxation of foreign income earned by South Africans living and working abroad permanently or on long term contracts have shone the light on financial emigration. Financial emigration is a formal process with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to change your tax status from “resident” to “non-resident” for exchange control purposes....
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