Salary sacrifice schemes – latest judgment by the supreme court of appeal
Salary sacrifice schemes are popular in practice. Typically, they involve employers paying a decreased salary to their employees, with an added fringe benefit to make up for the lost ‘cost to company’ sacrificed by the employee to obtain the benefit. For example, an employee may prefer to enter into a salary sacrifice with his/her employer […]
How does the new Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) work?
What is ETI? ETI is a tax concession made to encourage employers to hire young people with no work experience. The employer may claim the ETI from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) by reducing the amount to be paid over in terms of PAYE by the total ETI calculated on the basis of qualifying […]