
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's tenth Budget, for the 2006/7 financial year, contains significant changes for consumers. Here's what you can expect, starting from the beginning of March.
SA taxpayers can expect to submit their personal tax returns online to the SA Revenue Service (Sars) by mid-year. The approved service providers are getting their houses in order to meet the public?s demands to submit their tax returns online.
Thousands of small business owners are flooding revenue offices with last-minute applications for tax amnesty before next week's deadline, said the SA Revenue Services has said.

One of the most important features of this year's tax the way medical scheme contributions will be treated for tax purposes from March 1, 2006. Oxygen's James van Vught explains.