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Annual tax limits for investors who cease to be South African tax residents during the tax year

By Carrie Norden on 25 Oct 2024

Reading time: 8 mins

Annual contribution limits for tax-free investments and retirements funds have always been clear for individuals who have a full 12-month assessment period t...

Insights categories - Retirement

Two-pot cheat sheet

By Daniella Bergman on 05 Sep 2024

Reading time: 5 mins

Given the overwhelming amount of information available about the new two-pot retirement system, below we provide a “cheat sheet”, which includes 10 “did you...

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Tips to help you get on top of your tax return this year

By Carrie Norden on 11 Jul 2024

Reading time: 9 mins

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is focused on improving its systems and processes to ensure taxpayers comply with their legal obligations and file...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

How to invest offshore with Allan Gray – and allow for the transfer of wealth

By Julie Campbell on 02 May 2024

Reading time: 11 mins

Investing offshore is an important way to diversify your portfolio, spread your risk and get access to companies and industries not available locally. Julie...

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Tap into tax benefits this February

By Carla Rossouw on 01 Feb 2024

Reading time: 15 mins

The end of the tax year in February presents an opportunity to evaluate the tax efficiency of your financial plan. With many competing financial priorities i...

Insights categories - Retirement

Offshore toolkit part 2: Unpacking South African tax obligations for non-resident living annuitants

By Ebrahim Southgate on 20 Oct 2023

Reading time: 7 mins

South African legislation specifically prohibits the transfer of living annuities to other financial service providers abroad. Therefore, South Africans who...

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Offshore toolkit part 1: Understanding your tax obligations on leaving South Africa

By Carla Rossouw on 20 Oct 2023

Reading time: 10 mins

In part 1 of our Offshore toolkit series, Carla Rossouw, head of Tax, untangles the tax complexities you may encounter when you end your tax residency and...

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Are you ready for the 2023 tax-filing season?

By Meagan Fraser on 06 Jul 2023

Reading time: 11 mins

It is important for taxpayers to understand their filing obligations so that they can ensure compliance. Meagan Fraser covers the key dates to be aware of fo...

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How Namibian clients are taxed on their South African Allan Gray unit trust investments

By Carla Rossouw on 29 May 2023

Reading time: 7 mins

Investors living and registered for tax in Namibia, who invest in South African unit trusts, are taxed in South Africa on their South African-sourced interes...

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Unpacking the changes to the retirement fund lump sum tax tables

By Carrie Norden on 11 Apr 2023

Reading time: 12 mins

To account for the impact of inflation, this year’s National Budget introduced changes to the retirement fund lump sum tax tables for retirement fund cash lu...

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2023 Budget speech update

By Ebrahim Southgate on 24 Feb 2023

Reading time: 5 mins

Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi, MP delivered his Budget speech on Wednesday, 22 February 2023. In acknowledging the continued hardships endured by most...

Insights categories - Markets and economy

The 2023 Budget: A crisis of credibility in the outer years of the forecast

By Thalia Petousis on 13 Feb 2023

Reading time: 5 mins

Thalia Petousis, portfolio manager at Allan Gray, shares her views on the challenges of putting together a credible national budget

Insights categories - Retirement

Podcast: Are better outcomes for retirement savers on the horizon?

By Mica Townsend on 26 Oct 2022

Listening time: 36 mins

Allan Gray’s head of Assurance, Richard Carter, joins Umbrella Fund specialist Mica Townsend to discuss the challenges with the current system, the...

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How SARS has changed tax for annuitants

By Carrie Norden on 26 Apr 2022

Reading time: 11 mins

The South African Revenue Service recently changed the way tax is calculated for living annuitants. Carrie Norden discusses the rationale behind this change...

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2022 Budget speech update

By Komil Gordhan on 25 Feb 2022

Reading time: 5 mins

Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi, MP delivered his Budget speech on Thursday, 24 February 2022. He noted that there is an urgent need to reignite economic...

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2021 Budget speech update

By Carrie Norden on 25 Feb 2021

Reading time: 7 mins

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the Budget speech on Wednesday, 24 February. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget was more...

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Investing with tax benefits in mind during uncertain times

By Carla Rossouw on 15 Feb 2021

Reading time: 4 mins

Amid the extreme uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 and the ongoing lockdown restrictions, investors are tasked with looking beyond the current crisis and...

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Should I file a tax return for the 2020 tax year?

By Carrie Norden on 31 Jul 2020

Reading time: 9 mins

In response to COVID-19, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has tried to simplify the tax filing process for individual taxpayers and remove the need t...

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Part 5: Why every investor needs an independent adviser right now

By Cedrick Pila on 09 Jun 2020

Reading time: 6 mins

Investors are panicked and who can blame them? The market volatility has persuaded some to run for the hills and never look back, while others may be tempted...

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Make the most of your tax benefits

By Carla Rossouw on 29 Jan 2020

Reading time: 2 mins

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has put several tax incentives in place to encourage us to save more for our retirement and other long-term goals. Y...

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Unravelling your residencies – exchange control, tax and citizenship

By Sunèl Delport and Mlulami Nxele on 10 May 2019

Reading time: 15 mins

South Africans who live and work abroad are not currently subject to income tax on the income they earn outside of South Africa, provided they spend more tha...

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2019 Budget speech update

By Carla Rossouw on 20 Feb 2019

Reading time: 8 mins

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his maiden budget speech on Wednesday 20 February. In this document we highlight some of the 2019 Budget tax proposal...

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Budget 2019: Focus shifts to restoring credibility

By Carla Rossouw on 20 Feb 2019

Reading time: 4 mins

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s maiden Budget Speech didn’t deliver any major punches such as 2018’s surprise 1% VAT hike, but instead sought to acknowledge...

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Is there any tax benefit in saving over the annual tax deductible amount towards retirement?

By Carrie Norden on 05 Feb 2019

Reading time: 9 mins

One of the key benefits of investing for retirement using a retirement fund is the generous tax deduction for contributions, subject to a maximum of 27.5% of...

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Why retirement contributions don’t reduce your taxable capital gains

By Carrie Norden on 26 Oct 2018

Reading time: 4 mins

You may be aware that every tax year you can make a pre-tax contribution to your retirement fund of up to 27.5% of the higher  of taxable income or...

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Don't get caught short this tax season

By Carrie Norden on 31 Aug 2018

Reading time: 4 mins

With the tax season deadlines brought forward by a month this year, it’s time to get your supporting documents ready and to do your return. Uncertainty actin...

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Bump up your savings with a tax-free investment

By Mthobisi Mthimkhulu on 30 Jun 2018

Reading time: 7 mins

Have you taken the plunge and started your own business, but sacrificed some (if not all) of your savings to do it? Mthobisi Mthimkhulu suggests using a...

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PART 5: What should I invest in?

By Mthobisi Mthimkhulu on 17 Oct 2017

Reading time: 6 mins

Tax and law are wrapped around every investment product. Knowing the rules can help you choose the right product for your needs...

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Investment Summit to give an inside view from fund management houses

By Jeanette Marais on 21 Jul 2017

Reading time: 3 mins

Allan Gray is bringing a group of international and local investment houses together to debate investment insights in a new one-day event, aimed at helping...

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How to combat the budget pinch

By Carla Rossouw on 31 Mar 2017

Reading time: 7 mins

Some weeks have passed since former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget speech, but we are only just beginning to feel the pinch. Carla Rossouw discusse...

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