by Sentinel | Oct 17, 2022 | Advisory Services
By Bianca Maritz. Wills and Estates Specialist at Sentinel International If you’ve never heard of situs tax, you’re not alone. Read on for a crash course in one of the pivotal concepts of global estate planning. Say what? Situs tax? What on earth is that?...
by Sentinel | Sep 21, 2022 | Advisory Services
This year’s budget speech proposed two significant changes to corporate taxation. In an effort to incentivise corporate investment, the finance minister proposed reducing the corporate income tax rate from 28% to 27%. To make up for the resultant shortfall in tax...
by Sentinel Trust | Sep 13, 2022 | Advisory Services
Why is nothing simple anymore? Choosing a new restaurant involves reading a hundred Google reviews, a cycle before work means charging five devices (including your bike!) and don’t even start on world politics… It’s the same with your money and your legacy....
by Sentinel | Feb 3, 2022 | Advisory Services, Webinars
A recent visit to the Pretoria Master’s Office by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development shone a light on an issue that has been plaguing us for almost two years. Read on to understand why the current administrative delays are entirely out of...
by Sentinel | Oct 28, 2021 | Advisory Services, Webinars
Under South African law, when a person loses mental capacity, they lose the right to a Power of Attorney, which forces most families down a laborious and expensive road of appointing a curator or an administrator. Our advice is to rather set up a vested trust. Here’s...
by Sentinel | Oct 28, 2021 | Advisory Services, Webinars
Beware: SARS is strengthening anti-avoidance rules when it comes to transferring loans between trusts. Here’s what you need to know. By Annalise Heydenrych, Tax and Compliance consultant, Sentinel International The 2021 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (“DTLAB”)...
