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Budget 2017 – Dividend withholding tax to be increased

By Janice Roberts at New Media
22 February 2017 • 1 min read

Budget 2017Dividend income paid to shareholders is taxed at a rate of 15 percent. After accounting for corporate income tax, which is paid before a distribution of dividends, the combined statutory tax rate on dividends is 38.8 percent. Currently, South Africa’s combined statutory tax rate on dividend income falls below the OECD average. (more…)


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