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This year most taxpayers will be happy to note they have been given some real relief, with good news for property sellers and buyers in particular in the form of an increase in the transfer duty exemption to R1m – see our table for details.
We also give you links to some useful calculators - How long will you work for the taxman today? How will your income tax change? How much extra will you pay in sin taxes this year?
We send you to a selection of online calculators for the answers.
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As WhatsApp use grows exponentially (it just hit the 2 billion mark worldwide) we all need to be mindful of the risks that come with it. One of them is the danger of committing yourself inadvertently to a binding legal obligation.
We’ll start off by understanding the basic elements of a legally-enforceable contract in our law, then - with reference to a R1m “offer” made by a WhatsApping father to the mother of one of his children, we’ll discuss the question of “intention to contract”. The father, having won R20.8m on the National Lottery, denied any real intention to offer the mother the R1m. Was his “offer” an offer capable of acceptance?
The Court’s reasoning in answering that question holds important lessons for us all.
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Will the main provisions of POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) really commence on 1 April 2020 as media reports suggest, or is this just another case of Crying Wolf? This time it seems it may be the real thing, with the Information Regulator having formally requested the President to declare the commencement date.
If that does indeed happen (still unclear at date of writing), any organisation that needs to comply with POPIA will have a one year transitional period expiring on 31 March 2021 to get their house in order.
Watch this space…
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