Retirement

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Treasury’s saving strategy is worth considering

10 April 2013 | General

According to Niel Fourie, public policy actuary at the Actuarial Society of South Africa, government is offering an increased incentive to save towards retirement – it’s not mandatory, but you’ll save on taxes.

Impacts on retirement savings due to tax-preferred savings and investment

03 April 2013 | General

National Treasury’s retirement funding proposals hit the mark, Simeka Consultants & Actuaries

How Government is planning to incentivise you to take home less, but retire on more

03 April 2013 | General

As part of Government’s drive to get South Africans to invest more for their retirement, National Treasury is proposing to increase the portion of your retirement fund contributions that you can use to reduce your tax every year.

Lessons from our Finance Minister on how to manage our finances

14 March 2013 | Savings & Investments

We can draw lessons from the national budget to apply to our own household budgets, not least of all because every year the Finance Minister walks a tightrope between income and expenditure. Meeting the needs of all South Africans from a very limited tax

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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