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NEWS | SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW EXPAT TAX ‘A SCARE TACTIC – EXPERT’

An amendment to the Income Tax Act will bring considerable change to the expat landscape as from March 1, 2020. Jean du Toit and Jonty Leon are the technical editors of the publication "Expatriate Tax - South African Citizens Working Abroad and Foreigners in South Africa". Amendments to the Income Tax Act are due to...
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NEWS | EXPAT TAX: COUNTDOWN TO IMPLEMENTATION KICKS OFF

An amendment to the Income Tax Act will bring considerable change to the expat landscape as from March 1, 2020. Jean du Toit and Jonty Leon are the technical editors of the publication "Expatriate Tax - South African Citizens Working Abroad and Foreigners in South Africa". Amendments to the Income Tax Act are due to...
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NEWS | SOUTH AFRICAN TAXPAYERS MUST FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH RELIEF FROM DOUBLE TAXATION

South Africans who are working abroad need to take note of a section in the Income Tax Act that allows them to claim a credit on their South African tax liability from any foreign taxes paid on the same income. Section 6quat is a provision in the South African tax law, which allows you to...
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NEWS | EXPAT TAX – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A recent amendment to section 10(1)(o)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, affecting South Africans working abroad, has resulted in major panic and concern. South African tax residents working abroad will now find themselves having to pay tax on their income insofar as it exceeds R1 million. The section 10(1)(o)(ii) exemption...
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NEWS | TAX RESIDENCY AND FINANCIAL EMIGRATION

There is some confusion over how SARS determines whether someone is liable for local tax. In light of the uproar over the so-called “expat tax”, Mark Bechard unpacks the concept of tax residency and what financial emigration involves. The capping of the "expat tax" exemption on 28 February next year has become a hot topic...