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by nhaehnle
4528 days ago
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+1 for actually coming back, even if not with exact links. I must say that I find it hard to get a good picture from the links in a simple Google search, and your numbers seem weird. South Africa has a population of 50+ million, how do you end up saying that there are only 2-3 million tax payers? That makes no sense, given that typically everybody pays taxes, directly or indirectly. |
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http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2012/05/25/social-grants...
http://www.sacp.org.za/main.php?ID=4121
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/young-moms-abuse-gran...
Please note the variance in the sources (even communist party :D ), so not really a biased picture. Everyone knows the grant system is being abused on a massive scale. Also the amount of people on the grant system exploded from 80 000 people receiving grants in 1998 until today's 12 000 000 people. And South Africa is not exactly a rich country...
As for my taxpayer statement, you only pay taxes if you earn above a certain amount. But it is a sliding scale system, so about 2 300 000 people are responsible for 93% of all the collected taxes, supporting 12 000 000 people. Not sustainable.
An in depth explanation: http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-tax/less-taxpayers-than-s...