Starting your retirement savings is as much a mental battle as it is a financial one. Our excuses are our biggest barriers to saving “I don’t have enough money” “I prefer to live for today. “ Whatever your excuse is for not saving for retirement, you may very well find that you are stuck in […]
This time of year, many investors are in a rush to contribute as much as possible towards their retirement annuities before the end of the financial year, and rightfully so. Along with the most obvious tax advantages associated with a retirement annuity (RA), investing in a retirement annuity also offers an array of other benefits: […]
In the hive of festive activity, it’s easy to forget your financial goals and spend more than you planned. Next thing you know, it’s the New Year and the long month of January, with its all too familiar financial hangover, is stretched out before you. You may have heard about the ‘Marshmallow Test’, a series of experiments conducted by […]
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) wants to help you pay for your retirement. The way in which they do this is by offering generous tax deductions when you make contributions to your retirement annuity (RA), pension or provident fund. On 1 March 2016, the tax deductions for retirement savings increased from 15% to 27.5% – which means you can […]
