There are a number of ways that one can use to take advantage of the new tax free savings. I cannot have been the only one who patiently waited to see if the exchange traded funds will be suited to the tax free savings account. How delighted I was to read that all institutions that have a banking or collective investment scheme license will be eligible to offer products through this tax free savings or investment account. This benefit is actually even extended to stockbrokers that are registered with the Financial Services Board (FSB) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). In all, almost all certified financial service providers can easily offer products that exploit this great benefit.
Most will agree that
Below is a little exercise to see how one can potentially gain in the ETF investment with this generous tax benefit.
NB: the exercise is based on the initial tax free account annual allowance of R30,000. This has been increased to R33,000 from March 2017.
Assumptions:
- I am using 25% return. (The ETF that my son is currently using averaged 27.67% per year over 5 years and around 30% during my son's investment period).
- Annual Investment at the beginning of each year R30,000
- Return per annum 25%
- Term in years 16
- Tax Rate 0%
- All income like dividends earned is re-invested
- No withdrawals throughout the investment period
| Year | Contribution | Beginning of Year | Interest | End of Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | R30,000.00 | R30,000.00 | R7,500.00 | R37,500.00 |
| Year 2 | R60,000.00 | R67,500.00 | R16,875.00 | R84,375.00 |
| Year 3 | R90,000.00 | R114,375.00 | R28,593.74 | R142,968.75 |
| Year 4 | R120,000.00 | R172,968.75 | R43,242.19 | R216,210.94 |
| Year 5 | R150,000.00 | R246,210.94 | R61,552.73 | R307,763.67 |
| Year 6 | R180,000.00 | R337,763.67 | R84,440.94 | R422,204.59 |
| Year 7 | R210,000.00 | R452,204.59 | R113,051.15 | R565,255.74 |
| Year 8 | R240,000.00 | R595,255.74 | R148,813.93 | R744,069.67 |
| Year 9 | R270,000.00 | R774,069.67 | R193,517.41 | R967,587.09 |
| Year 10 | R300,000.00 | R997,587.09 | R249,396.75 | R1,246,983.86 |
| Year 11 | R330,000.00 | R1,276,983.86 | R319,245.97 | R1,596,229.83 |
| Year 12 | R360,000.00 | R1,626,229.83 | R406,557.47 | R2,032,787.28 |
| Year 13 | R390,000.00 | R2,062,787.28 | R515,696.81 | R2,578,484.11 |
| Year 14 | R420,000.00 | R2,608,484.11 | R652,121.02 | R3,260,605.13 |
| Year 15 | R450,000.00 | R3,290,605.13 | R822,651.28 | R4,113,256.41 |
| Year 16 | R480,000.00 | R4,143,256.41 | R1,035,814.10 | R5,179,070.52 |
- Total Amount Invested R480,000.00 (R30,000 X 16)
- End of Term Balance R5,179,070.52
- Total Interest (income) earned R4,699,070.52
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| Choosing ETFs for my tax free savings account |
Important to Note:
- Double check with the financial service provider that your investment product of choice qualifies to be one of the tax free savings accounts. Typical accounts that qualify include the collective investment schemes, bank savings accounts, fixed deposits, retail savings bonds, REITs, etc.
- National Treasury did confirm that most exchange traded funds (ETFs) do qualify. However, direct share purchases do not qualify.
- Exceeding the yearly contribution of R33,000 (current limit in 2017) will attract the tax on the amount above the limit. The R33,000 yearly and R500,000 lifetime contribution may be reviewed and adjusted based on affordability conditions and inflation.
- Withdrawals are discouraged and cannot be re-invested. This results in the tax benefit being forfeited.
- Both your service provider and yourself will be required to do annual reporting through SARS annual returns in the section under the income earned in the tax free account and declared as non-taxable income.
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