Setting the record straight in terms of how the government's proposed retirement reforms will affect you. Over the last few weeks vested interests have tried to create fear and confusion around the proposed retirement reform. Between unions flexing...
As attention turns to the Fifa World Cup in Brazil, Geoff Blount, CEO of Cannon Asset Managers and a South African married to a Brazilian, compares SA and Brazil and looks for the best of each. While each BRICS country is unique, parallels are...
Taxpayers generally have the odds stacked against them when it comes to disputes with the South African Revenue Services (SARS). With wide-ranging powers provided to it under the Tax Administration Act, SARS is able to request information about...
Jeremy Gardiner, director at Investec Asset Management argues that most of the economic pain we are feeling in South Africa at the moment is being felt more or less similarly across all emerging markets. My brother has just returned to South Africa...
Credit Ombud Manie van Schalkwyk unpacks the credit amnesty, and separates out the myths from the facts. In the lead-up to 1 April, there have been many misconceptions regarding the credit amnesty: exactly who will benefit, what information will be...
Each year I get particularly annoyed about the falsehood that we receive a “tax relief” – as if Minister Gordhan managed to eke out some extra money for cash-strapped taxpayers. So let’s put it in perspective. Based on last year’s personal tax...
With no particular surprises for taxpayers in this year’s budget, I decided to drill through some of those tax numbers to see exactly how much tax we are now paying. If you add all our taxes together, individuals account for over R700bn in tax...
Geoff Blount, CEO of Cannon Asset Managers, takes an early look at investment opportunities that are likely to arise from the extension to the Gautrain network. Unlike the scepticism that met the announcement of the initial 80 kilometres of the...
Pointers for Pravin Not everyone is going to be a fan of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after he announces the budget on 27 February. This year will be a tight budget with less money to go around and undoubtedly higher taxes whether directly...
