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How to tax emigrate from South Africa: the timeline
Tax emigration is the SARS process of formally ceasing your South African tax residency. Once you have ceased residency, South ...
Why ceasing South African tax residency does not affect your citizenship
Ceasing tax residency changes how SARS taxes you. Your South African citizenship is governed by a separate law, administered by ...
Expat tax South Africa: what has changed in 2026 for South Africans working abroad
If you're a South African tax resident working overseas, SARS counts your foreign salary as part of your worldwide income ...
How to access a South African inheritance when you live overseas
If a relative in South Africa has died and named you as a beneficiary, there are two separate processes that ...
What happens to your South African pension fund when you leave the country permanently?
You have left South Africa for good, but your retirement savings are still here. So, what can you do about ...
Tax emigration for young professionals: what happens when you move back to South Africa?
If you ceased your South African tax residency early in your career and decided to move back to South Africa ...
How one expat unlocked her South African retirement funds after ceasing tax residency
Your ability to withdraw your South African retirement savings from abroad depends on your tax residency status with SARS. Janine ...
Consolidating your South African retirement funds before you emigrate
If you have worked for a few different employers in South Africa, or had more than one advisor, your retirement ...
How to set up and maintain a South African non-resident bank account
If you have ceased South African tax residency, or you live abroad and still own assets here, your existing South ...
Understanding the lump sum tax tables on early withdrawal of South African retirement funds
If you take cash out of a South African retirement fund before you retire, the amount you receive is not ...
Should you freeze, maintain, or withdraw your South African retirement annuity?
If you have left the country, or you are planning to, your South African retirement annuity stays behind, until you ...
How to prove to SARS that you are no longer a South African tax resident
If you are a South African tax resident, SARS taxes you on your worldwide income, subject to the exemptions and ...
Do you need SARS tax clearance to transfer a South African inheritance abroad?
Short answer: sometimes, and it depends on three things. Your South African tax residency status, whether you are still active ...
South African tax on foreign income: do you have to tell SARS about it?
If you earn money outside South Africa, whether that is a salary from an overseas employer, rent from a flat ...
South African retirement annuity withdrawal: what the 3-year rule actually means
If you have left the country and want to cash in your South African retirement annuity (RA), you have probably ...
South African exit tax explained: what the taxman can and cannot touch when you emigrate
Can SARS tax you on your way out the door? Yes, but not on everything, and not in the way ...
What happens to your South African retirement annuity when you leave the country?
You can close a bank account and cancel a medical aid before you board the plane. But your South African ...
South African working overseas: how 20 years of unfiled returns became a R750 000 SARS demand
Many South Africans who work abroad assume that exempt foreign income means there is nothing to declare and nothing to ...
The financial mistakes South African expats wish they’d avoided
Leaving South Africa is rarely just one decision. It's many smaller decisions made while packing up a life. Like which ...
Cross border inheritance: why having just one will might not be enough
Don't let your family inherit a legal headache in two countries. If your assets sit in two countries, having a ...
Winding up a deceased estate in South Africa (and why tax emigration is the key)
If you live abroad and are due an inheritance from a South African estate, you may be surprised to learn ...
