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A stealth tax, not a health tax
The cash-strapped South African government needs to bring in more revenue but is reluctant overtly to raise the VAT rate, which would unleash a political ...
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FreeFACTS - August 2023
This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the issue of social grants and shows how they have been expanded rapidly.
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FreeFACTS - January 2019
31 January 2019 - This edition of Free Facts looks at South African retirement funds and why the government has their eye on them. It examines government ...
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FreeFacts - March 2021
30 March 2021 - This edition of FreeFACTS looks at South Africa’s tax burden. It examines how much tax South Africans pay, the different components of tax, as ...
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FreeFACTS - October 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at the parlous state of South Africa’s finances and why a policy of prescribed assets is increasingly possible.
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IRR Submission to the Department of Social Development, regarding the Amended Regulations of 2022 to the Social Assistance Act of 2004
11 March 2022 – In this submission on the Amended Regulations of 2022 to the Social Assistance Act of 2004, the IRR warns that if the Regulations are adopted ...
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IRR Submission to the Department of Social Development, regarding the the Social Relief of Distress Procedure Manual under the Social Assistance Act of 2004
23 March 2022 – In this submission on the the Social Relief of Distress Procedure Manual under the Social Assistance Act of 2004, the IRR argues that oth the ...
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Memorandum to the presidency: Citizen abuse in South Africa and the threat of a tax boycott
3 March 2021 – This memorandum sets out the facts around the government’s financial crisis, and raises the spectre of a tax revolt and investment revolt should ...
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South Africa's Secret Police - Inside the Multi-Billion Rand, Clandestine VIP Protection Services
21 March 2018 – The latest report from the IRR examines South Africa’s VIP Protection Services, a complex and secretive machine that operates on a massive ...
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Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly) regarding the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill [B26-2018]
18 November 2020 – The IRR’s submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly) regarding the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill
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