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The SA Budget 2012 – What can we expect?

So will Minister Gordhan announce and implement what has been agreed upon to boost the economy. It is expected that the budget deficit will be even bigger than the 5.5% forecasted in October 2011, as economic gorwth, which affects tax revenues, has disappointed. Gordhan has stated the growth might well be below 3% this year – not [...]

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Nowhere to hide! Tax havens under pressure!!

Remember when the secret side was what made your safe haven….safe; well under intense world pressure to  lift banking secrecy, many of world’s “tax havens”—places that charge low or no taxes to foreigners — is now actually giving away under pressure and buckling under. In an Oct deal, Switzerland agreed to tax money held in its [...]

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The UK Tax man gets it right, wrong, right!!!!!

News from the UK, is that a parish priest has found that to replace a light bulb in his church  will cost R6300…..this is because under a Health and Safety rule , above a certain height you cannot use a simple ladder , you have to call in a team of qualified builders who erect [...]

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