Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.
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The South Africa Reserve Bank has appointed deputy governor Fundi Tshazibana as the chief executive of the Prudential Authority (PA), in a rotation of deputy governor positions, the SARB said in a statement […]
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The PSG Group plans to unbundle its investments and delist from the JSE in an attempt to reduce the 30% discount at which its shares trade to the value of the group’s underlying […]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has yet to take action against those responsible for the losses incurred by investors in Corporate Money Managers (CMM), although the matter was brought its attention in 2017. […]
“We need to have a serious debate about raising taxes, because taxes are going to have to go up. There is no doubt about it in my mind,” Michael Sachs, the deputy chairman […]
The FSCA has published a draft conduct standard on the requirements for providing a benchmark in South Africa. This follows the publication in September last year by National Treasury of draft regulations that […]
The Prudential Authority (PA) has lost its urgent application to replace Yashoda Ram as the provisional curator of 3Sixty Life, with the Gauteng High Court ruling on Thursday that the regulator had “adopted […]
Santam paid out R24.5 billion (2020: R21bn) in claims last year, the highest gross claims pay-out in its 104-year history, the country’s biggest short-term insurer said in its financial results for the year […]
The FSCA has outlined how it intends to promote transformation in the financial sector, both now and, more importantly, once the Conduct of Financial Institutions (Cofi) Bill becomes law. This week, the Authority […]
The FSCA is exempting FSPs, key individuals and representatives who operate in the credit life and funeral insurance space from some of the Fit and Proper Requirements. The reason for the exemptions is […]
The Appeal Board of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has upheld the effective penalty of R1 065 924 imposed on Gauteng-based Truck World for failing to report transactions exceeding the cash threshold of R24 999.99. […]
The Financial Services Tribunal’s decision in January to set aside the debarment of a financial planner highlights the importance of FSPs adhering to the requirements of section 14 of the FAIS Act and […]
The FSCA has jointly fined Pioneer FX (Pty) Ltd and Quintin Moorcroft for rendering financial services without authorisation. It has also debarred Moorcroft for 10 years. The Authority said, as a result of […]
The government proposes to address anomalies in the Income Tax Act to ensure that members of pension and provident funds are treated alike, according to proposals announced in the Budget Review. The anomalies […]
The government intends introducing several amendments to legislation that will affect exchange control in general and crypto assets in particular. The 2022 Budget Review set out the following proposals that will ease the […]
The government intends to amend section 7B of the Income Tax Act to cater for performance-based variable remuneration, the 2022 Budget Review says. In terms of the Act, “variable remuneration” includes: Overtime pay, […]
