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Stamp Duty Amendments Affecting Leases of Fixed Property

2007-08-14 15:53:10pm

The Minister of Finance announced during February 2007 that no stamp duty will be imposed on short term lease agreements of fixed property (see ...

Trusts as purchasers of properties

2007-08-14 15:49:20pm

The Supreme Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in the case of Thorpe v Trittenwein [2006] SCA 30 (RSA) in which an agreement of sale of ...

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2010-01-29 11:17:29am
Transfer Duty Exemption

In terms of Section 9 (20) of the Transfer Duty Act, 1949 read together with paragraphs 51(1) and (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 SARS has now ...

2009-02-23 09:07:28am
Slow paying tenants?

With the property market being so hard hit by the current economic crisis it is imperative for all of us to count every last cent. Property owners ...