![]() The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced significant updates for the 2024 tax season, including provisions for solar energy and tax-free savings. The new tax season begins on 1 July 2024, with the introduction of auto-assessments. SARS has outlined six key changes for individual taxpayers, involving updates to processes, forms, and tax categories. These changes primarily address technical details, such as the timing of deductions for contributions to retirement funds and tax-free savings accounts, as well as the introduction of new subsidies. Notably, the 2024 tax year marks the implementation of the solar tax credit, and individuals who have utilized this temporary subsidy should ensure it is properly declared this year. You can read more here from SARS regarding the Tax season, SARS Tax Season. Key filing dates Please take note that previously some auto assessments received by our clients required corrections and adjustments, so don't just simply accept SARS' assessment. Review it and consult a tax practitioner if you need help. You may contact our Su-Chin Chen who is our Accountants by sending an email to: [email protected] Tax CertificatesYou should have received tax certificates from financial institutions in last few weeks to aid in your tax filing. These certificates include those from medical aids, banks, life insurance companies, and investment companies. Please check your email inbox and junk folder, searching for the keyword "tax certificate" to locate relevant emails. Download the attached tax certificates and save them in a folder on your local drive or cloud storage for your tax filing purposes. Below we indicate how you can get your tax certificate from Various providers:
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If you would like assistance with getting your tax certificate please contact our team on email: [email protected], tel: (011)658-1333
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![]() Fedgroup, a financial services group based in Sandton, Johannesburg, offers innovative endowment investment products that offer good after-tax returns while doing good for the environment. Fedgroup's endowment products have the following advantages: - Inflation protection: These portfolios consist of a diverse range of assets that span various geographic and industry parameters and that are unlinked from market sentiment, creating a natural hedge against inflation. - Anti-cyclical: Unlike many traditional asset classes which have performed poorly in recent times, many alternative investments are designed to be less susceptible to volatile markets. - Currency protection: Since most of the produce is sold internationally, the portfolio is shielded from volatility in the rand. - Do good without sacrificing returns: Rather than compromising between doing good and delivering great returns, the assets within these portfolios make a positive impact on people, planet, and profit while generating a market leading return. More information on the investment portfolios: Minimum investment lump-sum: R100,000 Investment term: 5 years Can nominate beneficiaries Impact Portfolio: This invests in green energy, smart agri, property finance and private capital fedgroup_impact_portfolio_f98d085b83.pdf Diversified Alternates Portfolio: This invests in the Fedgroup Participation Bond Fund, green energy, smart agri, property finance and private capital. fedgroup_diversified_alternates_c315d7468a.pdf Fixed Endowment: This invests in selected assets generating a fixed return. It provides an after-tax nett return of about 8% p.a. fedgroup_fixed_endowment_overview.pdf If you are interested in investing in these products or have any questions, please email to [email protected], a financial advisor will contact you. ![]() A minor can in fact be registered as a taxpayer in South Africa. This is in terms of section 67(1) of the Income Tax Act that "every person who at any time becomes liable for any normal tax or who becomes liable to submit any return contemplated in section 66 must apply to the Commissioner to be registered as a taxpayer in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Tax Administration Act.” If the minor therefore becomes liable to submit a return or becomes liable for any normal tax, the minor must be registered as a taxpayer. Section 68. Income and capital gain of married persons and minor children.—(1) Any-- (a) income received by or accrued to or in favour of any person married in or out of community of property which in terms of section 7 (2) is deemed to be income received by or accrued to such person’s spouse; or (b) capital gain which is in terms of paragraph 68 of the Eighth Schedule taken into account in the determination of the aggregate capital gain or aggregate capital loss of such person’s spouse, shall be included by such spouse in returns of income required to be rendered by that spouse under this Act. (2) In the event of the death of any person during any year in respect of which such income is chargeable or in which such capital gain is taken into account, the income or capital gain of such person’s spouse for the period elapsing between the date of such death and the last day of the year of assessment shall be returned as the separate income of such spouse. (3) (a) Every parent shall be required to include in his return-- (i) any income received by or accrued to or in favour of any of that parent’s minor children either directly or indirectly from that parent; or (ii) any capital gain or capital loss in respect of any transaction entered into directly or indirectly by that parent, which is taken into account in the determination of the aggregate capital gain or aggregate capital loss of any of that parent’s minor children, together with such particulars as may be required by the Commissioner. (b) Every parent shall be required to include in that parent’s return any income deemed to be that parent’s income in terms of subsection (3) or (4) of section 7 or any capital gain deemed to be that parent’s capital gain in terms of paragraph 69 of the Eighth Schedule. Income of Minor children A taxpayer is liable for the payment of tax on any income which has been received by or accrued to or in favour of any minor children if such income arises from a donation, settlement, or other disposition by – (i) the taxpayer; or (ii) any other person, if the taxpayer made a donation, settlement or gave some consideration directly or indirectly in favour of the other person or his family. A minor child will, however, be liable for tax on income which is received or accrues to him/her independently of him/herself; in his own right, for example, bona fide salary and investment income derived from his/her own funds i.e. from money inherited by him/her or received as a gift from any person other than the person mentioned in (i) and (ii) above or from any other source. Should a minor child’s taxable income be sufficient to render him/her liable for tax, the taxpayer, as the legal guardian, must register him/her for income tax purposes and obtain and submit a return on his/her behalf. All investment income received by or accrued to a taxpayer or his/her minor children must be declared (including investment income which has not been paid but has been utilised, accumulated or re-invested for the taxpayer or his/her minor children’s benefit). Where interest is claimed as a deduction against investment income received, full particulars (i.e. amounts invested/borrowed, interest rates, date of each loan and investment) must retained for a period of five years after submission of the return. Courtesy of: Fedgroup Around January and February of every year, we would like to remind you to consider topping up your retirement annuity fund and tax-free investment.
According to the current legislation, you may contribute up to 27.5% of your taxable income to a retirement annuity fund and enjoy tax deductions, subject to a limit of R350,000. As the 28th February is the end of the tax year, you must calculate and pay the additional amount to your retirement annuity prior to this date, in order to qualify for tax deductions and tax refunds. Here is an example: Ms Rama has a monthly salary of R80,000. In December she received a bonus of R100,000. Every month she contributes R5,000 to a personal retirement annuity fund. Her annual income is then R1,060,000. The maximum tax-deductible contribution to retirement annuity is R291,500. Over the year she has contributed R60,000 to her retirement annuity fund, so the additional amount she may top up in her RA is R231,500 Tax-Free Savings Account You may contribute up to R36,000 to a tax-free savings account in a tax year. You must calculate how much you have contributed so far since 1 March last year and pay the additional amount to your tax-free savings account prior to the 28th of February, in order to make use of current tax year's allowance. You can also start a tax-free investment in the name of your children. Contact us today to top up your retirement annuity or tax-free investment - email [email protected] ![]() As you are aware, the tax filing season for individual non-provisional taxpayers has started 1 July 2022. We would like to remind you to submit your tax return in good time. According to SARS official media release: - over 3 million taxpayers, have been auto-assessed by SARS and will not have to file a tax return if they are satisfied with the outcome. - Non-Provisional taxpayers who did not get an auto-assessment and who are required to file a return can do so from 1 July 2022 up until 24 Oct 2022. - Provisional taxpayers as well as Trust submissions can start with filing a return from 1 July 2022 until 23 January 2023. Click the links below for SARS announcements: https://www.sars.gov.za/media-... Filing Season 2022 for Individuals is now open Our resident tax practitioners' feedback is that many of the auto assessments received by our clients require corrections and adjustments, so don't just simply accept SARS' assessment. Review it and consult a tax practitioner if you need help. Tax Certificates By now you should have received tax certificates from financial institutions in the months of May and June to assist with your tax filing. These include tax certificates from the medical aid, banks, life insurance companies and investment companies. Check your email inbox and junk folder, search for the keyword "tax certificate" to find relevant emails. Download the attached tax certificates in a folder on your local drive or cloud storage for tax filing. Discovery Health: The email from Discovery Health looks like the following: You may ask Discovery to redeliver your tax certificates and tax summaries through their WhatsApp service on your smartphone: Ask Discovery WhatsApp Service You can access your communication in the secure inbox available through www.discovery.co.za and the mobile app. Allan Gray Investment The email from Allan Gray looks like the following: To view and download your tax certificates, log into your secure online account https://www.allangray.co.za, then navigate to Reports >> Tax certificates once you've logged in.
If you have difficulties downloading your tax certificates, or require the service of a tax practitioner, email to [email protected] and our team will gladly assist you. Help South Africa - Do your tax filing On 23 February 2022, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the annual budget speech, providing an update on South Africa’s finances. Low economic growth, vast unemployment, increasing debt levels, coupled with South Africa still being in a state of disaster two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, all contributed to a complicated juggling act for the Minister of Finance. Given the unrest witnessed in 2021 along with weak foreign investment, the 2022 budget had to be geared not only to curb unemployment and to stimulate economic growth, but to also give assurance to foreign investors. In the words of Minister Godongwana “we need to strike a critical balance between saving lives and livelihoods, while supporting inclusive growth. This budget presents this balance”. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni gave his budget speech on 24 February. Overall it is a taxpayer and investor friendly budget. Old Mutual has a nice summary of tax changes, we share with readers below. |
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