by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Jun 25, 2026 | Tax, Trusts
“Things do not go away. They go somewhere.” (Annie Dillard) Many trustees assume that a dormant trust can be safely forgotten. No income, no assets, no transactions … No problem. SARS has made it clear that this assumption may be an expensive one. In recent months,...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | May 26, 2026 | Property, Tax, Wills and Estate Planning
“I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.” (George Burns, comedian) At the heart of any estate plan lies your will. Pair it with a file containing all the information and documents that your executor and heirs will need to wind up your estate, and...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Mar 2, 2026 | Personal Finance, Property, Tax
“We are also proposing additional tax measures to ease the financial burden on households and businesses, by adjusting personal income tax brackets and rebates fully in line with inflation.” (Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana) How much will I save if I sell my...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Mar 26, 2025 | Personal Finance, Property, Tax
“Good in parts” (Like the curate’s egg) Transfer duty threshold increased by 10% You pay no transfer duty if the property you are buying sells for less than the set threshold. The threshold wasn’t increased last year, so this year’s proposed 10% increase from...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Feb 26, 2024 | Personal Finance, Tax
How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. The unchanged transfer duty and tax tables, with a note on fiscal drag Unchanged from last year, so taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief that...
by Guthrie Colananni Attorneys | Feb 24, 2023 | Tax
How much will you be paying in income tax, petrol and sin taxes? Use Fin 24’s four-step Budget Calculator here to find out. Have a look at the tax tables below for the new tax rates and comparisons with last year’s rates – View Source...
