Can I withdraw my pension fund? What are the rules around pension fund withdrawals in South Africa? Will I have to pay tax on my pension fund withdrawal? If you’ve…
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Preservation funds are being brought in line with retirement annuities when a member emigrates prior to the retirement date. At the moment, a member of a retirement annuity can access…
If you are a South African living abroad, you’ll be delighted to discover you can turn your South African retirement annuity and various other South African-based savings and investments into cash,…
Many South Africans living abroad are unaware that their relocation abroad enables them to access certain financial investments like retirement funds a lot earlier than they would be able to…
When you start off your expat journey, retiring might be the furthest thing from your mind. But if you spend a lot of your life working in a foreign country,…
Emigrating from South Africa presents a host of novel challenges – you’ll find you have to acquaint yourself with regulations, procedures and terminology you’d never have had to concern yourself…
Relocating abroad is such a costly affair, many South Africans who have relocated abroad are wary of moving any existing assets or money left in South Africa. In fact, we…
Getting money back from the taxman is not something you hear often, especially not if that figures comes in at around R150 000 for simply moving your pension across borders….
People are often apprehensive when it comes to shipping money across borders. (Of course, we’re not talking actual ‘shipping’ here, but you get what we’re saying). It makes us feel…