Trusts are facing a multitude of new reporting requirements
Trustees will have to report directly to Sars, outside of the current trust tax return process, and before the trust tax return is due.
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This is what Sars is doing to tighten its supervision of trusts
It also wants to address the inconsistent treatment of non-resident beneficiaries when capital gains are distributed.
What trustees should know about the amendments to the Trust Property Control Act
Among other things, trustees are obliged to keep adequate records in relation to beneficial ownership.
Changes to Trust Property Control Act may be overturned by the courts
One of the unforeseen consequences could be the premature acquisition of rights.
‘Interrogate a guardian’s circumstances before deciding where to pay a death benefit’
A beneficiary fund should not be the default choice when a retirement fund pays out a death benefit due to minor beneficiaries, but trustees must interrogate a guardian’s circumstances and intentions before making […]
A deeper look at the two-pot retirement system
Blessing Utete, the managing executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants, spoke to Mark Bechard, the managing editor of Moonstone publications, about National Treasury’s draft legislation for the two-pot retirement system. Read: Treasury publishes […]
FSCA takes action against Private Security Sector Provident Fund trustees
The FSCA is taking regulatory action against past and present trustees of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund (PSSPF) after concluding its three-year investigation into the board. In a statement, the FSCA said […]
Regulation 28: trustees ‘need to raise their infrastructure investment skills’
Retirement funds will have to invest in upskilling trustees to empower them to navigate the complex world of infrastructure investing opened up by the gazetting of the amendments to regulation 28 of the […]
Opinion that a fund’s benefit allocation is unfair isn’t grounds for interfering
A decision made by a fund’s trustees can be interfered with only where it can be shown that they have taken irrelevant, improper and irrational factors into consideration, and where it can be […]
Opinion that a fund’s benefit allocation is unfair isn’t grounds for interfering
A decision made by a fund’s trustees can be interfered with only where it can be shown that they have taken irrelevant, improper and irrational factors into consideration, and where it can be […]
Are Pension Fund Trustees Equipped to handle Death Benefits?
An article on the Norton Rose Fulbright website poses an interesting and challenging question to trustees in terms of their obligation as far as the distribution of death benefits is concerned. Prior to […]
