If you earn more than R95,750 (about R8,000 a month) after allowable deductions and rebates in a tax year (between March 1 and February 28), you are a taxpayer. Filing your tax return may feel ...

Scammers seldom announce themselves with force or warning. There is no knock at the door and no prior engagement. This is particularly true when scammers use Sars branding to try to coerce a taxpayer ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) wants to introduce new laws that will enable wide-reaching lifestyle audits, helping it clamp down on taxpayers whose lifestyles don’t match their means. The ...

We're about a month away from the end of the tax year, which means it is time to start preparing yourself now. The year of assessment, or tax year, runs from 1 March to 28 February the following year.

South Africans who earn well often assume they have already “handled” retirement planning because they belong to an employer fund, have a retirement annuity (RA), or contribute something each month.