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April 2019 NEWSLETTER
Expat Tax: How Will The Changes Affect You?
South African expatriates have until now enjoyed a “183/60” tax exemption in respect of foreign income.

That will change with new legislation recently passed, and forward planning is important here. So if you yourself aren’t a working expatriate but know someone who is (a relative, friend or colleague perhaps) please think of passing this article on.

We look at what the changes are, whether they will affect you, when they will take effect, and what you can do about it. We end off with some thoughts on how this is likely to impact on employers, and on the country generally.
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Companies: Don’t Inadvertently Encourage Unethical Behaviour 
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What causes dishonesty in businesses? It’s an important question, with one survey showing that a whopping 41% of staff in a particular company had observed unethical behaviour over a 12 month period. That despite the common perception that most people are inherently honest.

Of course a lack of ethical or unlawful conduct is the last thing you want in your own business, but in reality you may - however innocently and inadvertently - actually be encouraging it. 

We identify and discuss four ways in which management could be doing this, and we share some suggestions on how to remedy a dangerous situation. 
 
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The CIPC Is Taking On Wrongdoing by Directors – A R4.3bn Example 
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As a director, you are held by the Companies Act to high standards of conduct, not to be taken lightly.

Now the CIPC, despite often being perceived as having no more than an administrative and recording function, is showing that it has teeth and that it will use them.

We look at how the CIPC has now issued a Compliance Notice to the Public Investment Corporation, instructing it to recover a R4.3bn investment in AYO Technology Solutions. What is a Compliance Notice and what are the implications for you as a director? Read on for the answers…
 
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Sugar Tax: Good for the Taxman, Bad for the Sugar Industry 
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South Africa’s “Sugar Tax” has been around for a year now, and although it was at the time widely welcomed by the health lobby, there were rumblings about its possible negative effects on our economy and employment levels.

Whilst it is still too early to gauge the tax’s impact on our healthcare costs and on the health and lifespan of our citizens, several clear trends have emerged as to its effect on the sugar industry and on revenue collections by SARS.

We examine these trends, the UK’s experience with their own version of the tax, and the question of how likely or unlikely it is that government will agree to reduce the tax at the instance of a sugar industry that is suffering and asking for relief.
 
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What Our New Tax Statistics Tell Us 
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There are only run-of-the-mill tax deadlines in April, but some interesting information emerged from the recently-released 2018 edition of SARS’ Tax Statistics -
  • For the first time since the Global Financial Crisis the increase in tax revenue collected lagged behind GDP growth. This reflects that (a) the days of tax collections rising at a fast clip are over and (b) tax morality is declining (something SARS is concerned about and it’s one of the factors in the setting-up of the Nugent Inquiry into tax affairs).

  • Only 24% of companies paid tax, underlining the drop off in corporate tax profitability.

  • Over 40% of all individual taxpayers are from Gauteng.
 







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