ESCAPING THE HIGHER CAPITALS GAINS TAX RATE

By Barry Ger, senior manager for corporate tax at KPMG 01 April 2012  A window of opportunity opens for some companies.  If your company is thinking of selling any capital assets and its year end is not February  or March there may be a window of opportunity to do it at the lower effective tax rate for […]

A SPANNER IN THE WORKS – Ensure that your company secretarial matters are up to date

An event worth popping the champagne for is one where you finally conclude a property sale transaction by signing your name on the dotted line. How annoying would it not be if you should find out that there is a major spanner in the works (that you were blissfully unaware of) which will delay the […]

BUYING YOUR PROPERTY IN A TRUST: IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?

A trust is a legal entity with its own distinct identity. It has the contractual capacity to acquire, hold and dispose of property and other such assets for the benefit of its nominated beneficiaries. All trusts are governed and administered in terms of the Trust Property Control Act, and formed and governed in terms of a […]