Lifestyle Financial Planning
Avoid using your salary increase as a reason to live a more expensive lifestyle. While you may be tempted to buy a more expensive car or live a more lavish lifestyle, consider the lost opportunity costs of not investing the
As with all approved retirement funds, investors can save up to 27.5% of their taxable earnings into an approved retirement fund on a tax-deductible basis, up to the annual maximum of R350 000.
When it comes to planning the distribution of your retirement benefits to your heirs and beneficiaries, it is important to keep in mind that funds housed in approved retirement funds do not fall into your estate. Rather, the distribution of
Where the sole surviving guardian of a minor child passes away without having nominated a guardian in terms of their will, the responsibility falls on the State to appoint a legal guardian for the child/children, which is not an ideal
Without access to private healthcare, you’ll likely have to rely on State facilities for your care and treatment – and while there are some excellent government facilities out there, the reality is that they’re overburdened and understaffed, and accessing treatment
One of the most important factors when claiming a share of the member spouse’s pension interest is to ensure that the wording of the divorce order meets all the legal requirements to ensure that the fund administrator can action the
It is important to keep in mind that any funds invested in an approved retirement fund (such as your pension fund and retirement annuities) are subject to the limitations set out in Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act which
In a community of property marriage, all debt incurred by the spouses before and during the marriage forms part of the common estate, including maintenance obligations to a previous spouse or children from a previous relationship.
In respect of a typical, non-conforming business assurance policy, the premiums are not tax deductible. However, the proceeds paid from the policy will then not be taxed and the buyer will have access to the full amount required to purchase
While a cohabitation agreement is designed to set out the financial consequences should the relationship break-up, it should also deal with other eventualities such as the death of a partner, disability or illness, unemployment, job relocation, and inheritance, to name
