Top 10 South Africa stories of 2017
By Tom Carnegie, 29 Dec 17
The establishment of new financial regulators and an overhaul of tax exemptions for expats were some of the top read stories by our South African audience in 2017. To see the others click through the slides.
In March, South Africans working in countries with no income tax, such as the UAE, banded together on social media to oppose new legislation that “might put them at an unfair disadvantage” of having to pay income tax in South Africa.
The South African Expatriate Tax Petition Group was founded to advance the interests of expats earning income outside of their home country who might become liable to pay tax in South Africa under new proposals.
The tax petition group’s Facebook page, which is invite only, was created on 6 March and, as of 19 March, has attracted more than 3,600 concerned members from around the world.
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