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« Reply #5865 on: July 21, 2017, 08:50:54 am »
This will affect lots of expat South Africans, specially those working in low-income tax countries such as UAE etc etc.

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« Reply #5866 on: July 21, 2017, 09:59:45 am »
No problem, I will give up SA Citizenship in a heartbeat, no loss.

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« Reply #5867 on: July 21, 2017, 10:49:24 am »
I was born in Finland and never had SA citizenship. My wife is South African but as she emigrated officially, the proposed tax law does not affect her as she is no longer an SA resident. Her primary home is here in Portugal and she is registered for tax here.
It will only apply to SA tax residents working abroad.
« Last Edit: July 21, 2017, 10:55:24 am by Orca »
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« Reply #5868 on: July 21, 2017, 12:01:58 pm »
I assume u are very upset with RSA Moneypenny... it is hart breaking how certian %$#ers are making good people like you leave :'(
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« Reply #5869 on: July 21, 2017, 01:21:38 pm »
No jaDEB, not upset, but reality is I have 2 boys and I don’t think they will be allowed to reach their full potential in peace here.  It’s sad ‘cause they are bright and dedicated and would have picked up all around them, but yeah. Sayonara.  

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« Reply #5870 on: July 21, 2017, 03:38:22 pm »
Yes, agree with you. Know people that moved there, but please note, I am sure u are aware "The country records more than 14,000 earthquakes a year – but only about 150 are usually felt. Schoolchildren in the country regularly undertake earthquake drills"
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« Reply #5871 on: July 24, 2017, 09:57:12 am »
The NZ average number of deaths from Earthquakes is 15 per YEAR. The average number murders in South Africa is 49 per DAY! Is it really a hard choice?

Incidentally there are 46 people murdered in New Zealand per year as per last statistics, so you're still three times more likely to be murdered than die in an earthquake over there.
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« Reply #5872 on: July 24, 2017, 10:01:12 am »
The NZ average number of deaths from Earthquakes is 15 per YEAR. The average number murders in South Africa is 49 per DAY! Is it really a hard choice?

NZ Population: 4.7
SA Population: 55.9

Death rate NZ: 0.000003191489362
Death rate SA: 0.000000876565295

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« Reply #5873 on: July 24, 2017, 10:04:13 am »
I think you missed something Hamster, the numbers for New Zealand were per year and SA were per day!

Your stats should look like this:
NZ: 0.000003191489362
SA: 0.0036906382978723

SA has over 1156 higher chance.

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« Reply #5874 on: July 24, 2017, 10:13:27 am »
I’m more afraid of ‘economic death” and degradation than anything else.

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« Reply #5875 on: July 24, 2017, 10:14:35 am »
You and me both. The discussion of wealth taxes and citizenship rather than residency based taxes has me doing a lot of research!

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« Reply #5876 on: July 24, 2017, 12:43:53 pm »
%$#@ typed message 3 times ^%$# bomb out, thus short
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« Reply #5877 on: July 24, 2017, 12:44:49 pm »
Am not saying do not go, go by all means, spoke to NZ yesterday, they are happy there.
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« Reply #5879 on: July 24, 2017, 07:21:45 pm »
I think you missed something Hamster, the numbers for New Zealand were per year and SA were per day!

Your stats should look like this:
NZ: 0.000003191489362
SA: 0.0036906382978723

SA has over 1156 higher chance.
Yeah, I missed the per day part. That makes quite a difference :D :(