Where’s your safety net? I am a proudly South African, small-town farmer’s son, from the northern parts of Zululand, KZN. I have heard my parents’ concerns regarding the weather effecting our crop, of theft during harvesting, of the cost of groceries going up year after year, and the threats to farmers’ lives, recently, more so...Continue reading
Month: January 2018
Is inheritance tax a voluntary tax?
Inheritance Tax (IHT) has been charged in Britain for hundreds of years, and was first introduced as part of the Stamps Act 1694, in order to help fund the war of the league of Augsburg. Nicknamed the “death tax”, it is paid when a person dies and leaves their assets to their beneficiaries, normally via...Continue reading