When a loved one passes away, the emotional toll is heavy – but for South Africans living abroad, the admin can be just as overwhelming. From getting a South African…
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Losing someone you love is hard, and when it happens, there’s paperwork that needs to be handled, especially if you’re managing a death claim or wrapping up deceased estates in…
Is your estate plan truly secure? Do you know precisely where your assets will go? The answer often lies in the details, specifically, your beneficiary nominations. While estate planning in…
If you’re planning your estate from abroad, there are a lot of factors to consider. One of the biggest things that often gets overlooked? Executor’s fees. Executor’s fees in South…
Death, while something we strive to avoid, is an inevitable part of life. Dealing with the complexities of a deceased estate is challenging in itself. However, if you are a…
When loved ones pass, they often take care to bestow a legacy on those they left behind. Being bequeathed a property in South Africa can be a touching gift, but…
Inheriting a property in South Africa can be a blessing, but you might wonder if you’ll face tax implications from such an inheritance. Luckily, the inheritance itself isn’t taxed immediately,…
Gone are the days when claiming your South African inheritance from abroad felt like scaling Everest in flip-flops. Thanks to recently relaxed exchange control regulations, inheriting from back home is…
Recently we unpacked the facts around transferring a South African inheritance to overseas beneficiaries for expats living abroad, in light of a number of updates to exchange control and tax…
Given that most expats living overseas still have family back home, being an offshore beneficiary to a South African estate is inevitable for many at some point in the future….