For a South African, deciding to leave the country and live abroad indefinitely or for a long period is one of the biggest decisions of a lifetime. All the implications of such a decision need to be carefully considered before committing to this drastic action. The complexities of tax and exchange...

“Se vogliamochetuttorimanga come è, bisognachetuttocambi!” (Everything must change, so that everything can stay the same.) Introduction It appears that the vast majority of expatriates who left South Africa with the intention of not returning, simply left the country without dealing with any exchange...

Much ink has already been spilled over the concept of financial emigration and expat taxes over the course of the last couple of years. Some of this coverage has been good, however much of it has also been sensationalised to scare people into paying huge fees for “fixing their status”. The aim of...

There is no concept that is more important in tax than that of residency. After all, any revenue service will only ever have the right to tax items that occur within its jurisdictional border or any person who resides within those borders. This makes the core idea of residency, as well as how to determine...