Budget Highlights

  • Personal income tax
    • Relief through an increase in the brackets and rebates.
  • Medical tax credits
    • Increase in medical credits.
  • Foreign remuneration exemption
    • Exemption will be limited to R1.25m from 1 March 2020.
  • Corporate interest on debt
    • Deductions to be limited to combat base erosion and profit shifting.
  • Corporate assessed losses
    • Offset against taxable income limited to 80% of taxable income.
  • Fuel levy
    • Increased by 25c/litre from 1 April 2020:
      • 16c/litre increase in the general fuel levy
      • 9c/litre increase in the RAF levy
  • Tax-free savings investments
    • Annual contribution limit increased to R36 000.
  • Excise duties
    • Alcohol and tobacco duties increased by between 4.4 and 7.5 per cent.
  • Transfer duty
    • Brackets will be adjusted for inflation from 1 March 2020.
  • Carbon tax
    • Rate will increase from R120 per tonne to R127.
  • Plastic Bag Levy
    • Proposal to raise the levy to 25 cents per bag effective 1 April 2020.

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