[TOP STORY] Sars commissioner on tax season, the two-pot system and customs duty

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‘When people think, oh, they want to take out R50 000 from their pension pot, they need to take into account that whatever their marginal tax rate would be at, they would have to budget for that,’ says Edward Kieswetter.

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