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2015 saw the highest emigration from South Africa since 2000. A quarter of emigrants who’ve left since 2000, did so in 2015. In 2014, the proportion was 11% and in 2013 it was 9%.
Apart from inheritance tax, the other two main areas in which your domicile status becomes very important in respect of your tax liabilities in the UK, are income tax and capital gains tax.
Ocean Cruising can be likened to the Babotie of holidays – loved by those who have done one, dismissed erroneously by those who haven’t yet.
Last week, Bob Skinstad finalised Knife Capital’s first offshore investment, using the South African connection at an innovative Swedish developer MOST.
The decision by the Bank of England to increase its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than a decade, caused quite a stir, even though it had been widely anticipated.
Knife Capital has secured its first European investment by participating in a R22m funding round by Stockholm-based Mobile and Sensory Technology (MOST).
Many people mistakenly believe that their critical illness cover includes income protection but that is seldom the case. These are essentially two separate types of cover.
Jersey Finance is delighted to be hosting a series of 2017 private wealth focused events in South Africa this November. Entitled ‘Jersey: A Valued Partnership’, these events will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
It has been brought to our attention that Treasury may once again seriously be considering the possibility of increasing capital gains tax as one possible source of increasing its revenue.
With global technology stocks enjoying strong returns, the big question is whether another tech bubble is brewing? While some market analysts say ‘yes’, Gerrit Smit of Stonehage Fleming has a different view.