Individual non-provisional taxpayers, beware. SARS has given a short deadline for filing income tax returns before the end of this month.

For many expats, more and more questions have been left unanswered as this filing season, and the tax filing period draws to a close on 23 November.

As with the Spring Budget 2021, much of the detail for the Autumn Budget had been leaked to the press prior to the official report to parliament on 27th October 2021.

Here’s what every South African expat should know about keeping on the right side of the tax man when you leave the country.

If you’ve got money to your name, but aren’t giving a fair share to the taxman, then SARS’ new ‘high wealth hunter’ will be on your case.

Marriage allowance is available to married couples and those in a civil partnership where a spouse or civil partner is a non-taxpayer.

People with a taste for not paying their taxes? It seems the restaurant giant Spur is in some hot tax water.

Nigeria tax squabble reflects long-standing questions about how it is governed and how wealth is shared in the continent’s top oil producer

Creating an offshore company is not illegal, but their use can be if the owners do not report their assets and earnings to the authorities.

As a taxpayer you need to complete a Self-Assessment return, whether you are self-employed, a company director, have an annual income over £100,000 and/or have income from savings, investment or property.

Former US President Donald Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times.

“People came here to speak their voices and they are lobbying the Taliban government to bring changes for the trade of Afghanistan.”

You may have heard a lot of talk about a possible ‘tax protest’ in South Africa over the past 24 hours – and there’s certainly an appetite for revolution…

Trade Union Solidariteit has announced its plans to lead a tax revolt in South Africa – and it’s all due to the potential cost of NHI.

‘Our goal is to avoid such a tax revolt by insisting on drastic intervention rather than encouraging a revolt’ – AfriForum on taxpayers anger

This would be a travesty for millions of taxpayers, and few of us could afford – or even stomach – an extra R3 000 per month going back to the government.

New proposals from the Treasury would see an ‘exit tax’ added to the bills of South African expats upon leaving these shores.

If a company has stopped trading and has no other income then the company is usually classed as dormant for Corporation Tax purposes.

A Form 17 declaration can only be made by spouses or civil partners that are living together and own property in unequal shares

HMRC published a new policy paper on 30 June 2021 concerning their debt collection activities as the UK emerges from the pandemic.

(Partner Content) The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) commonly known as the furlough scheme extended until 30 September 2021.

(Partner Content) Government’s lack of urgency to robustly measure fraud and error to cost taxpayers billions of pounds

SARS advised individual taxpayers to carefully consider any claim for home office expenses before filing their income tax returns.

(Partner Content) As the school holidays fast approach, many parents face having to organise extra school holiday childcare.

(Partner Content) The Let Property Campaign allows landlords who have undeclared income to disclose any outstanding liabilities to the tax authority.