The Common Reporting Standard & South Africa
In June 2017, South Africa joined many other nations committed to providing information for the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) as developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in an effort to combat global tax evasion. Tax evasion and avoidance has become a global issue and governments are taking action to combat this trend… Read more »
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Brexit & The Currency
We’re now into month four after the Brexit referendum. The leave campaign was looking like it would suffer a defeat at the hands of the stay campaigners, but as we all know, what would come around at 2am the following morning would be the biggest upset in the governments history. The uncertainty has spooked the… Read more »
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Signing an Offer to Purchase
We are all aware of the saying “signing your life away”, but do we always take note of what it is we may be signing? South Africa has one of the best Deeds Registries in the world and while this is great it does mean that the property transfer process has quite a few regulations…. Read more »
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The Politics of Tax
The art of taxation is in plucking the most feathers from the goose without the goose hissing – J B Colbert Over the past number of years taxpayers have been frustrated by how government collects revenue and by how it has introduced financial policies that are implemented by the revenue department. While no excuse can… Read more »
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Buying in a Sectional Title Scheme
For many Non Residents, the appeal of buying a Sectional Title property is strong. This is because of the “lock up and go” appeal.
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Insurance and the Non Resident property owner
Unlike many of the other countries across the World, you are not forced into buying insurance when you live in South Africa.
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South African Visa Changes: Don’t Be Declared “Undesirable”
Many tourists have been thrown into the deep end as once again Home Affairs has changed the SA Visa’s overnight.
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Visa Extensions: Are you here legally?
Once again Home Affairs have made a rather drastic and speedy change to the rules for holiday visa extensions.
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The South African Conveyancing Procedure
South Africa has one of the best ‘systems’ for the transfer of property from one person to another, however it may seem complicated to some so I thought I’d try and run through the basic process to give a better understanding of it all.
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Selling Property In A Company, CC Or Trust
Recently we have come across clients who, in the past, purchased properties in a Company, CC or Trust and now have sold the property and wish to repatriate the funds, but are having difficulty
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