How to squeeze the taxpayer in an election year

Godongwana didn’t hike the personal income tax rate, but inflation will give him the cash just the same

25 February 2024 - 00:00 By Tannur Anders

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has introduced extra “stealth” taxes on South Africans by failing to adjust income tax brackets and medical aid credits for inflation in his budget, tax specialists say. ..

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