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DESTINATA SUPPORTS HEARTLANDS BABY SANCTUARY FOR MANDELA DAY
A massive thank you from my side to the team that helped with the Mandela Day Project today: Zinzi Anthea Anneline Nita Sannette Mariska The charity Destinata supported was Heartlands Baby Sanctuary in Somerset West – www.heartlandsbaby.org Ryno and myself did [...]
MAINTENANCE OF RENTAL PROPERTIES
For a letting agency, maintenance can be a real problem as there are always arguments between landlords and tenants as to who is responsible for certain maintenance. The rule of thumb is if the tenant breaks it they fix it [...]
TRUSTS: CONTROL VERSUS OWNERSHIP
Don't stumble over your pebbles… "Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble." – Anonymous Now that you have your trust structure set up, you might think you have cleared your path of all [...]
VALIDITY OF WILLS
As many say, there are two things definite in life - Taxes and Death. We all deal with the first quite frequently, but we will all be confronted with the latter at some stage, so be prepared! Many in their [...]
SECTION 7C – INTEREST ON LOAN ACCOUNTS
With effect from the start of the 2018 financial year, i.e. 1 March 2017, SARS has introduced a new section to the income tax act which states that interest will need to be charged on trust loan accounts. This section [...]
TRANSFER COSTS, TRANSFER DUTY AND THE TWO ATTORNEYS
Most people know that transfer costs need to be paid when buying a property and everybody knows that NO transfer duty is payable for transactions below R900 000. Unfortunately, a lot of people confuse transfer costs and transfer duty in that they think it [...]