Alan H. English & Co.

03/04/2025

The proposed VAT increase of 0.5% in 2025 and another 0.5% in 2026 is the big news from Budget Speech 2025. The increase is strongly opposed by political parties within and outside the GNU – but it is only one way in which individual and corporate taxpayers will bear the brunt of another substanti...

05/09/2024

Two new ‘pots’ have been added to SA’s retirement system from 1 September 2024. This allows South Africans to access a portion of their retirement savings before retirement, without having to resign their jobs and withdraw all their savings, as before. Beware, however! There can be significant...

09/04/2024

With so much of the population now working remotely as contractors or freelancers, the traditional employer/employee model is being scrutinised more closely than ever before. While considered a classic form of doing things, there is little doubt that the full-time employee still has much to offer a....

07/03/2024

There were few surprises and little in the form of good news in Budget Speech 2024. Although there were no major tax proposals and no major tax rate hikes announced, individual taxpayers will bear the brunt of a R15 billion Budget shortfall, while multinational corporations will pay a global minimum...

22/02/2024

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: As tax planning is integral to our clients' overall financial strategy, we are happy to provide you with your own free digital guide to help steer you in the right direction in the year ahead.

This guide takes into account the changes announced at the National Budget Speech yesterday, 21 February 2024.

➡️ Click here to view it online:
https://profmarksa.profmarkapp.co.za/docs/AHE/TG2024/index.html

➡️ Or click here to download and save a PDF:
https://mcusercontent.com/4cbf11031c62e719694c063f7/files/1f0eff45-c9fe-a037-69d3-7cb25e118396/Alan_H_English_Tax_Guide_2024.pdf

11/01/2024

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South African businesses have survived some incredibly trying and uncertain years, marked by lockdowns and blackouts, rising interest rates and tight economic conditions. While businesses have little control over these external challenges, what is under every business owner’s control is how the co...

05/10/2023

Recent legal and tax amendments have considerably altered the trust landscape, placing onerous new duties on the shoulders of all trustees in South Africa, while also exposing them to significant risk, with penalties for non-compliance including substantial fines of up to R10 million or imprisonment...

08/08/2023

The 2023 Tax Season in South Africa opened officially on 7 July 2023 for individuals who are both non-provisional taxpayers and provisional taxpayers – as well as for trusts.  While much has stayed the same from last year, like the auto assessments introduced in 2022, there are also a number of c...

04/05/2023

South African companies and households, with no option but to seek alternatives to Eskom’s expensive, erratic and deteriorating supply, will be relieved to know that - from a tax perspective - the timing could not be better to invest in solar and renewable energy.  Two time-limited tax measures w...

04/04/2023

While many companies pay the Skills Development Levy (SDL) that amounts to 1% of total payroll each month, not all companies are taking advantage of the incentives that allow as much as 70% of the paid levies to be claimed back by meeting certain requirements and submitting the required annual repor...

23/02/2023

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲

As tax planning is integral to our clients' overall financial strategy, we are happy to provide you with your own free digital guide to help steer you in the right direction in the year ahead.

This guide takes into account the changes announced at the National Budget Speech yesterday, 22 February 2023.

➡️ Click here to view it online: https://profmarksa.profmarkapp.co.za/docs/AHE/TG2023/mobile/index.html

➡️ Or click here to download and save a PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnbmv6yqrbwbkjd/Alan%20H%20English%20Tax%20Guide%202023%20Digital.pdf?dl=0