Tag: Tax Compliance Status (TCS)
Tips for the 2023 tax season
Tax efficiency should be a key focus area for any investor’s financial plan. By making sure our tax affairs are in order, considering the tax implications of our investment decisions and maximising the tax benefits on offer, we can improve our long-term financial outcomes.
Tax diagnostic – diagnosing your tax health
With 2022 filing season upon us, taxpayers are in great need of understanding what their current tax compliance status is with the South African Revenue Service (SARS); and if there is an outstanding tax debt, from where does such liability arise.
Non-compliant property practitioners to soon be practicing on rented time
Property practitioners, including estate agents, candidate estate agents, and property managing agents (the agents), have for years been regulated by the Estate Agency Affairs Act, 112 of 1976 (EAA). However, this is soon to change with the enactment of the Property Practitioners Act, 22 of 2019 (the Act), signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and with an effective commencement date of 01 February 2022.
The ‘silent’ changes affecting South Africans who are emigrating
The transition from the old emigration regime to the current regime - ceasing of tax residency, came with some relief. However, there were some silent changes that went unnoticed. The most notable change has been the requirement of a SARS Tax Compliance Status (TCS PIN) for every capital transfer a Non-Resident/Non-Tax Resident makes to offshore.
The future of tax collection – SARS to enter the ‘tech-age’
It has long been on the cards that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) should upgrade their systems and modernise the fact of tax in South Africa. This would enable the easier facilitation of compliance for the country’s growing tax base.
Policy withdrawals after financial emigration – SARS’ current challenges
There are many reasons why South African tax residents undertake to cease tax residency through the financial emigration process. One of the reasons is that a successful financial emigration provides one with the rare opportunity to fully encash your policy funds.
Understanding an offshore allowance
With an economy in the doldrums, South Africans are increasingly looking to make use of business and investment opportunities offshore. However, it’s important to note that as a South African resident, you are subject to certain exchange control regulations.
Clarification of 3-year rule for retirement benefits on emigration
Much confusion and debate seems to exist in the market regarding the changes to the access to retirement benefits (pension preservation funds, provident preservation funds and retirement annuity funds) on emigration. The concept of ‘emigration’ and the SARS approval process (via MP336b) falls away from 1 March 2021 and is replaced with the concept of an individual ‘ceasing to be a resident for tax purpose’ in South Africa.