by VDT Attorneys | Apr 22, 2024 | Budget, Budget Speech, Estate Planning, Reporting, SARS, Wealth management
Over the past decade, there has been much speculation surrounding the potential introduction of formal wealth taxes in South Africa. Drawing parallels from international models, such a tax would be a percentage-based tax calculated on the market value of an...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 21, 2024 | Donation, Donation tax, Tax, Tax Advisory, Tax liability, Tax planning, Wealth management
For tax purposes, a donation is defined as “any gratuitous disposal of property including any gratuitous waiver or renunciation of a right”. This means that the donation must be free or at no charge and should the donee (recipient) who receives a donation give...