{"id":195617,"date":"2022-07-07T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/spotlight-newsletter-7-july-2022\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:50:41","slug":"spotlight-newsletter-7-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/spotlight-newsletter-7-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Newsletter: 7 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Herewith the latest&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>AfriForum Worldwide Spotlight<\/em>. This newsletter contains news pertinent to South Africans living abroad, but also interesting inserts from people living all over the globe. Feel free to forward this newsletter. Anybody can sign up for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The most popular articles:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Orange_Photocentric_Coming_this_fall_Facebook_Post_720x.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93609\" width=\"279\" height=\"234\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That \u201cnew country\u201d feeling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is the shopping trolley moving at a strange angle? What is the deal with tissue boxes that are displayed in people\u2019s houses, offices, etc? Can anybody tell me why the swear words on TV are not bleeped out? And what do you mean you are going to leave the brand-new cell phone I just ordered online, at my front door \u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Marten-Bjork-on-Unsplash-scaled-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93659\" width=\"305\" height=\"203\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some persistent misconceptions about tax and foreign income<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South African taxpayers who work abroad are entitled to claim a credit for the tax they have paid in the foreign jurisdiction. However, where they often get it wrong is how much they are allowed to claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taxpayers are only allowed to claim the paid foreign taxes as a credit on the taxable income and not the full amount that they paid, warns Carmen Westermeyer, who facilitated a recent virtual discussion on persistent tax issues hosted by The Tax Faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/oq3rimzuqgj7nnq202be9p-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93487\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank goodness for Darren\u2019s pies!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I had known that almost a decade would pass before I would eat another meat pie, my last pie would surely not have been a garage pie! 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