The Mauritius Revenue Authority issued a Statement of Practice on 24 August 2021 (SOP24/21) on the taxation of Mauritius trusts. We found it peculiar that many Mauritius advisors decided to not advise their clients of this important development.
Many South Africans work and live in Zambia because it is a favourable mining, construction, and agricultural African destination. Some of these South Africans have either temporarily or permanently made the move to Zambia without following the correct emigration procedures to mitigate their tax exposure in South Africa.
The most contentious proposal introduced by the 2021 Draft Tax Bills is arguably the tax on retirement interests when a person ceases tax residency. The proposed tax has widely been christened as a further “exit tax” imposed on South Africans leaving the country. However, based on responses by the Minister of Finance to a written […]