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Retirement Tax Benefits
Who doesn’t want to save tax? I hope the answer would be nobody. Let’s look at 2 different ways to save tax: 1. Retirement Annuity. SARS allows us to contribute 27,5% of taxable income into retirement funds to a maximum of R350 000 per annum....
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTEREST RATES, AND HOW THEY AFFECT YOUR MONEY
This year we saw the interest rate shift 3 times. 2023 has been one of the most significant financial years in the history of South Africa, after COVID-19. Although most people understand the interest rates at a basic level, most people don’t always understand the...
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State of The Two-Component Retirement System
STATE OF THE TWO-COMPONENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM National Treasury issued the revised 2023 Draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill and 2023 Draft Revenue Administration and Pension Laws Amendment Bill in June 2023. The bills incorporate the amendments to implement the first (1st) phase of the roll-out of...
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The National Health Insurance Bill (‘NHI’) is almost ready to be tabled in Parliament
THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL (‘NHI’) is almost ready to be tabled in Parliament. COVID has exposed the shortfalls and weaknesses in our healthcare (HC) systems and has given us invaluable insight into the importance of a healthy workforce and the benefit to social and...
Creative solutions are key to the survival of the fittest medical schemes
In the current high inflation environment, where fuel prices and unemployment statistics are at record levels, South Africans are looking for alternative ways of funding their access to private healthcare – and medical schemes need to plan now if they’re to ensure future relevance and...
ASI shares view relating to common risk to employers
ASI are expert problem solvers whose passion is about preserving their clients’ wealth and changing lives for the better What happens when an Employer needs to recover monies owed to them by an Employee – can such funds legally be accessed from their Pension and/or...
SuperHeRoes that walk among us all the time
HR practitioners can only change the impact they have on staff when they change the way they think, says Nishan Pillay. Superheroes are often considered invincible and have an amazing ability to gain community support and affection, not to mention their skill at balancing personal...
Short-term insurance clients must be prepared to weather more storms
It’s not just the landscape of verdant KwaZulu Natal that’s been changed forever by two recent mass flooding incidents that followed last year’s riots and unrest, all hot on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic – the insurance industry that has to pick up the...
Your C-suite should be talking about cybercrime
With the unprecedented number of people working from home due to COVID-19 in the past two years, sensitive organisation data is even easier to access now than ever before, and cybercriminals are well aware. As more South Africans also move towards online shopping, so have...
Economic Inclusion through Financial Literacy – a stimulus for Economic Growth in South Africa
By Sershnee Pillay, Marketing and Communications Manager at ASI Financial Services South Africa’s economy contracted by 7% last year. The reported budget deficit has ballooned to a record 14% of GDP, more than double the forecast of 6.2%. This is disturbing: South Africa’s ability to…
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