SUMMER BODIES ARE MADE IN WINTER
Winter is the best time to shape up and reclaim your summer (and lockdown) bod. We all know this does not just happen but requires dedication, commitment, goals and above…
Business Insurance Campaign
Winter is the best time to shape up and reclaim your summer (and lockdown) bod. We all know this does not just happen but requires dedication, commitment, goals and above…
Holistic financial planning
You recently received our communication regarding the ongoing support Origin offers to you during Covid-19. Now we would like to elaborate on the holistic approach we take when a client…
VAT exemption for `essential goods’ for the duration of the shutdown
SARS has changed the definition of `essential goods’ as per the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002, and the Regulation R.398 in Government Gazette No 43148 of 25 March 2020.…
An effort to save the economy
While South Africa is currently in a state of lockdown during which a significant number of businesses have had to cease operations, some relief from a tax perspective has been announced…
The taxing of capital gain
Section 9HA of the Income Tax Act deals with deemed disposals by a deceased person. This section of the Act often causes some confusion, especially where there are heirs or legatees other than the surviving spouse. In…
Re-allocation of surplus retirement fund assets
Binding Class Rulings (BCR) are issued in response to applications by a specific class of taxpayers (usually persons that will have the same tax consequences apply to them from a transaction) and clarifies how the Commissioner for SARS would interpret and apply…
Farewell to Hamish Leppan
On 3 April 2019, we bid farewell to Hamish Leppan after announcing his retirement after 47 years in the industry. Hamish worked at Origin for two years and quickly became…
Origin Financial is 6 years old this year!
To celebrate, we held our very own bake-off in our offices. Our staff members were divided into teams and each team had to decorate one cake. At the end of…