SARS workers have recently announced that they will be planning a major strike action with the proposed 0% salary increase on the table, even though their revenue exceeded over R16 billion rand in the 2020/2021 year.
Tax Consulting South Africa, South Africa’s largest independent tax practice, returned this week from the Netherlands after hosting tax and immigration planning sessions with recently emigrated South Africans.
When it comes to non-compliance, the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) takes no prisoners, and has the full backing of the presidency, in its drive to stop tax evasion and other fraudulent activities related to the fiscus, with President Cyril Ramaphosa praising the revenue authority’s efforts in tackling tax dodgers and those benefitting from criminal […]
Tax Consulting South Africa and Xpatweb, South Africa’s largest tax and international mobility practice respectively, returned this week from the Netherlands after hosting tax and immigration planning sessions with recently emigrated South Africans.
With the grim petrol price increase prediction of over R3,00 per litre for June 2022, employees are feeling the pinch where disposable cash is rapidly dwindling and are doing everything in their power to try keep their heads above water.
Jonathan Oppenheimer, the South African billionaire businessman and son of former De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer, has recently seen a victory in the UK tax court in relation to his tax residency status under the South Africa / UK double tax agreement (DTA).
“A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March”. These famous Shakespearean words forewarning the misfortune of Julius Caesar (which Julius Caesar ultimately ignored and led to his demise) may not be as archaic as appears at first sight; especially in the realm of tax, and when SARS’ new “audit strategy” is considered.
The finalisation of a deceased estate is in itself a time consuming and frustrating process for South Africans. Further complexity and exasperation is caused when one of the heirs is an expatriate.
Property Practitioners, including Estate Agents, Candidate Estate Agents, and Property Managing Agents (“the Agents”), have for years been regulated by the Estate Agency Affairs Act, 112 of 1976 (“EAA”). However, as of 01 February 2022, this era has come to an end, with the enactment of the Property Practitioners Act, 22 of 2019 (“the Act”).
The obtaining of a SARS Non-Resident Confirmation Letter is a key part of the tax roadmap for many of our clients. This is where SARS formally confirms that you are non-resident for tax purposes. They run a system and check to make sure that they relinquish their world-wide taxing right, as this is not something […]