domestic life policy
While corporeal property refers to physical, tangible property such as a vehicle or a home, incorporeal property includes non-tangible rights such as servitudes and leaves over immoveable property.
The proceeds of business assurance policies are not considered deemed property in a deceased estate and therefore provide an exception to the general rule when it comes to calculating the dutiable estate. To qualify for an exemption, the buy-and-sell insurance
If you own shares in a business or are the owner of key person cover, note that the proceeds of business assurance policies are exempt from estate dutiable provided that the policy is correctly structured.
In terms of the Income Tax Act, death is considered a capital gains event and the deceased person is deemed to have disposed of his assets for an amount equal to the market value of the assets at the date
If you intend bequeathing immoveable property, be careful in your estate planning to ensure that no complications or unintended consequences arise. For instance, if you are married in community of property, any immoveable property will be jointly owned by you
Unlike retirement funds whose distributions are subject to Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act, member owned living annuities are free to nominate beneficiaries to their investment. In this regard, living annuities differ from guaranteed life annuities which, generally speaking,
