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Warning over new expat tax changes for South Africa Subscribe South Africans living or working abroad can no longer avoid the long arm of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), says Jonty Leon, legal manager at Tax Consulting SA. Under pressure to meet its revenue quotas, Leon said that the tax authority has started auditing the country’s non-compliant expatriates in earnest. “We have been warning expatriates that this was coming and now that it’s here, the time for hiding one’s head in the sand is over,” he said. He advises those intending to relocate to another country to follo...

South Africans living or working abroad can no longer avoid the long arm of the SA Revenue Service, warns a tax expert.

SARS is aware of your offshore assets Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The days where SARS shuts its eyes to taxpayers’ offshore holdings are thing of the past. SARS is finally utilising the Automatic Exchange of Information regime to pin down taxpayers who have not disclosed their offshore i...