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“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Money and relationships

“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Money and relationships

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES Money may not be able to buy you love, but it sure can make or break it! MONEY CAN be a source of joy, opportunity, and growth—but in relationships, it can also be a source of stress and conflict. Financial disagreements are one of the leading causes of tension in relationships, often stemming from differing values, spending habits, or communication styles.  Yet, with a proactive and collaborative approach, couples can turn money from a point of contention into a tool for building a shared future. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
SARS lifestyle audits

SARS lifestyle audits

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES When it comes to tracking down tax-dodgers, SARS has the tools, the people, and the will TAX EVASION and illicit financial flows are two areas that have long undermined economic growth in South Africa, and public trust in governance.  To counter these challenges, SARS has increasingly leaned on a controversial but effective tool—the lifestyle audit. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
Time is, indeed, money!

Time is, indeed, money!

AUTHOR: SARAH NICHOLSON How to make time work for your money IT’S OFTEN said that time is money—and when it comes to your finances, that’s absolutely true. The principle of the time value of money is simple: money available today is worth more than the same amount in the future, because it has the potential to earn interest or investment returns over time.  Understanding this key concept can help you make better spending, borrowing, saving, and investing decisions. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
The ‘Big Three’ tax worries (Part 2: Shares)

The ‘Big Three’ tax worries (Part 2: Shares)

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES In the second part of this series, we focus on shares IF CLAIMING against our car allowances is the Number One thing that keeps us awake at night as taxpayers , then the fear of SARS lying in wait to lay their grubby paws on the slightest gain that we make on our share investments must surely be a close second. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
Tax avoidance vs tax evasion

Tax avoidance vs tax evasion

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES Believe it or not, there is a difference TAXPAYERS ARE often concerned that legitimate techniques to reduce one’s annual tax bill may put them on the wrong side of the law as far as SARS is concerned, finding themselves being accused of evading tax. However, it’s important to understand the distinction between ‘tax avoidance’ and ‘tax evasion’. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
The Bidvest Group (BVT ZA)

The Bidvest Group (BVT ZA)

ANALYSTS: PEET SERFONTEIN, SITHEMBILE BOPELA The Bidvest Group is a service, trading and distribution company operating mainly in South Africa with a growing presence in the United Kingdom (UK).  The company specialises in office services, travel, freight management, electrical products, office furniture and stationery, packaging closures, catering equipment; and automotive retail. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
Divorce and pensions

Divorce and pensions

AUTHOR: DIONNE NAGAN   Navigating recent legislative changes WHEN COUPLES divorce, the division of assets can become a complex matter, particularly where retirement savings are involved.  For financial advisors, understanding how marital property regimes and legislation intersect is critical to supporting clients. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
10 easy ways to save tax

10 easy ways to save tax

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES No fancy schemes, loopholes, or expensive lawyers required—and it’s all perfectly legal PAYING TAX is a legal responsibility, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of legal avenues to reduce your tax burden. Here are some of the easiest and most effective ways to save tax. If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in. Sign Up Log In A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Money and relationships

“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Money and relationships

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES

Money may not be able to buy you love, but it sure can make or break it!

MONEY CAN be a source of joy, opportunity, and growth—but in relationships, it can also be a source of stress and conflict.

Financial disagreements are one of the leading causes of tension in relationships, often stemming from differing values, spending habits, or communication styles.  Yet, with a proactive and collaborative approach, couples can turn money from a point of contention into a tool for building a shared future.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
SARS lifestyle audits

SARS lifestyle audits

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES

When it comes to tracking down tax-dodgers, SARS has the tools, the people, and the will

TAX EVASION and illicit financial flows are two areas that have long undermined economic growth in South Africa, and public trust in governance.  To counter these challenges, SARS has increasingly leaned on a controversial but effective tool—the lifestyle audit.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

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Time is, indeed, money!

Time is, indeed, money!

AUTHOR: SARAH NICHOLSON

How to make time work for your money

IT’S OFTEN said that time is money—and when it comes to your finances, that’s absolutely true.

The principle of the time value of money is simple: money available today is worth more than the same amount in the future, because it has the potential to earn interest or investment returns over time.  Understanding this key concept can help you make better spending, borrowing, saving, and investing decisions.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

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The ‘Big Three’ tax worries (Part 2: Shares)

The ‘Big Three’ tax worries (Part 2: Shares)

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES

In the second part of this series, we focus on shares

IF CLAIMING against our car allowances is the Number One thing that keeps us awake at night as taxpayers , then the fear of SARS lying in wait to lay their grubby paws on the slightest gain that we make on our share investments must surely be a close second.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
Tax avoidance vs tax evasion

Tax avoidance vs tax evasion

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES

Believe it or not, there is a difference

TAXPAYERS ARE often concerned that legitimate techniques to reduce one’s annual tax bill may put them on the wrong side of the law as far as SARS is concerned, finding themselves being accused of evading tax.

However, it’s important to understand the distinction between ‘tax avoidance’ and ‘tax evasion’.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
The Bidvest Group (BVT ZA)

The Bidvest Group (BVT ZA)

ANALYSTS: PEET SERFONTEIN, SITHEMBILE BOPELA

The Bidvest Group is a service, trading and distribution company operating mainly in South Africa with a growing presence in the United Kingdom (UK).  The company specialises in office services, travel, freight management, electrical products, office furniture and stationery, packaging closures, catering equipment; and automotive retail.

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Divorce and pensions

Divorce and pensions

AUTHOR: DIONNE NAGAN

 

Navigating recent legislative changes

WHEN COUPLES divorce, the division of assets can become a complex matter, particularly where retirement savings are involved.  For financial advisors, understanding how marital property regimes and legislation intersect is critical to supporting clients.

If you’d like to read the rest of this article, please sign up or, if you’re already a member, log in.

A subscription allows you UNLIMITED access to premium articles and content for less than the price of a cup of coffee! Cancel anytime.
10 easy ways to save tax

10 easy ways to save tax

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES

No fancy schemes, loopholes, or expensive lawyers required—and it’s all perfectly legal

PAYING TAX is a legal responsibility, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of legal avenues to reduce your tax burden.

Here are some of the easiest and most effective ways to save tax.

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