| Zulu to English: Government’s new policies would double your tax bill: study | |
Source text - Zulu
Trade union Solidarity has published a new report showing that the burden on South African taxpayers could double if the White Paper on the National Health Insurance (NHI) is accepted and the Green Paper on social security is implemented after being reviewed.
According to the report, South Africans pay incredibly high taxes in global terms, while the government generally fails to fulfill its side of the social contract. The report revealed that the tax to GDP ratio in South Africa is the second-highest in the world, after Sweden.
Data from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) shows that 3.4 million taxpayers pay 91.2% of all personal income taxes in the country. These are individuals earning more than R250,000 annually. | Translation - English
Trade Union Solidarity isikhiphe isimemezelo esibonisa ukuthi abakhokhi bentela eNingizimu Afrika kungenzeka ukuthi bakhokhe imali ephindeke kabili kunale kade beyikhokha kuqala uma White Paper yakwi National Health Insurance (NHI) ngamafuphi yamukelwa futhi Green Paper kwezokuvikelwa ngokuxhumana isikwenzile emva kokuthi ibiveziwe.
Ngokwesimemezelo, Abakhokhi bentela eNingizimu Afrika bakhokha imali enkulu uma kuqhathaniswa ngokwehlabathi, kuloyomzumzu uhulumeni uyahluleka ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe we Social Contract. Isimemezelo siveza nokuthi intela kuya kwi GDP ratio eNingizimu Afrika ingeyesibili emhlabeni, ilandela izwe I Sweden.
IData lase South African Revenue Service (SARS) iveza ukuthi bayizigidi ezi 3.4 zabakhokhi bentela, abakhokhayo bangu 91.2% kubantu abakhokhayo ezweni. La bantu abahola imali engaphezu kwezi R250 000 ngonyaka. |
