Have you left South Africa? Access 100% of your South African retirement annuity now (even if you're younger than age 55) Don't wait for further Rand devaluations to deplete your retirement investments. Contact Julian Haw now for a no cost, no obligation assessment of your tax and emigration status. What I can do for you The South African Revenue Service (SARS) revised the rules on retirement annuities in July 2008. South African expatriates are now able to access 100% of retirement annuities irrespective of age or when formal emigration took place. The significance of this is that South Africans of any age can now withdraw their retirement annuity in full. If you left South Africa without formally emigrating, you can emigrate now and benefit from the new legislation. Formal emigration implies a tax clearance, South African Reserve Bank approval and a blocked account. Why should I emigrate formally? There are additional benefits of formal emigration: transfer your funds. South African residents who emigrate can take all their declared assets; inherit from a deceased estate and remit the full inheritance from South Africa. There is no maximum on an inhreritance. A South African Resident "living temporarily abroad" can remit up to R10 million per year using the foreign investment allowance. How can I find out more? For more information, please contact me so that I can make an assessment of your particular situation. Ph 0450 813 799; email julian@julianhaw.com