by Steven Jones | May 8, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES There are three things that keep taxpayers awake at night. One of them is cars. WHAT KEEPS taxpayers awake at night? Judging by the many questions that I’ve been asked as a tax practitioner over the years, there is a definite ‘Big Three’ when it...
by Steven Jones | May 8, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES Paying tax once on your pension is bad enough. Paying it twice is heartbreaking AS THE global workforce becomes increasingly mobile and retirees seek out international destinations for their golden years, the issue of cross-border taxation has...
by Forvis Mazars South Africa | Apr 3, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHORS: ALTHEA SOOBYAH, ELMIEN THERON, ETIENNE LOUW, and ROBIN GALLOWAY VAT increase watered-down; not much else to get excited about Overall impression ONE OF the biggest issues with the budget every year is that South Africa is not investing in...
by Steven Jones | Apr 3, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES It sounds crazy, but it happens more often than one would think… MANY A taxpayer has experienced the wrath of SARS when failing to declare all of their income. The penalties for non-declaration of income are severe—up to 200% of the...
by Herschel Jawitz | Apr 3, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHOR: HERSCHEL JAWITZ Transfer duty thresholds adjusted, helping potential home-buyers SURPRISINGLY, THE transfer duty tables have been adjusted to account for property price inflation, which is good news for buyers. For a start, the threshold below...
by Steven Jones | Mar 26, 2025 | Tax Breaks
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES When can the provisions of a trust deed be set aside? When you don’t stick to the rules FAR TOO many people pay their accountant or attorney a visit, draw up a boilerplate trust deed, sign on the dotted line, and think that this...
