One pleasant Budget surprise

One pleasant Budget surprise

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...
When is a trust not a trust?

When is a trust not a trust?

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...
Decisions made “for tax purposes”

Decisions made “for tax purposes”

AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES   When they make sense, and when they don’t   WHENEVER ONE makes any financial decision, there are many factors that need to take into account.  Tax is one such factor.  That said, many people have such a visceral dislike for paying tax...