SIMON BROWN: How stealth tax creeps up on you
Everybody is talking about the VAT increase, but the real problem is that the government isn’t protecting us against the corroding effects of inflation
27 March 2025 - 05:00
The second attempt at a budget by the finance minister went ahead and the main talking point is the proposed VAT increase, a direct tax increase that will hit all South Africans.
But there are many other tax increases, a lot of them by stealth...
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