When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Africa

    In 2019, the financial industry contributed US$41.4 billion to South Africa's GDP. [36] In 2021, South Africa-based financial institutions managed more than US$1.41 trillion in assets. [37] The total market capitalization of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is US$1.28 trillion as of October 2021. [38]

  3. Ad valorem tax - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_valorem_tax

    The Goods and Services Tax is a value-added tax of 15% on most goods and services sold in New Zealand. It was introduced by the Fourth Labour Government on 1 October 1986 at a rate of 10%. This was increased to 12.5% on 1 July 1989 and 15% on 1 October 2010.

  4. Capital gains tax - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax

    The tax rate on long-term gains was reduced in 1997 via the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 from 28% to 20% and again in 2003, via the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, from 20% to 15% for individuals whose highest tax bracket is 15% or more, or from 10% to 5% for individuals in the lowest two income tax brackets (whose highest ...

  5. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates

    Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.

  6. South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

    South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [15] [16] [17] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...

  7. Taxation in South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_South_Africa

    It's compulsory for a business to register VAT remission when the value of taxable supplies in a 12-month period exceeds or is expected to exceed R1 million. VAT in South Africa currently stands at 15% as of 1 April 2018. [26] Value Added Tax (VAT) was first introduced in South Africa on 29 September 1991 at a rate of 10%. In 1993 VAT was ...

  8. Demographics of South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Africa

    The first census in South Africa in 1911 showed that whites made up 22% of the population. This declined to 16% in 1980, [31] 8.9% in 2011 and 7.65% in 2022. [32]: 21 Coloured South Africans replaced Whites as the largest minority group around 2010. Maps of ethnoracial groups of South Africa

  9. Corruption in South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_South_Africa

    Corruption in South Africa includes the improper use of public resources for private ends, including bribery and improper favouritism. [1] Corruption was at its highest during the period of state capture under the presidency of Jacob Zuma and has remained widespread, negatively "affecting criminal justice, service provision, economic opportunity, social cohesion and political integrity" in ...