MEET THE TEAM
Meet the experienced team behind Cease Tax Residency.
Seasoned professionals committed to helping you navigate the complex process of exiting tax residency with confidence, clarity, and compliance, so you can embrace global freedom on your terms.
Meet Our Team
Jerry Botha
Managing Partner
Specialised in High-Net-Worth Cessation
Applications and Tax Planning Strategies
Darren Britz
Partner & Head of Tax Legal
Specialised in High-Net-Worth Tax Planning and Legal Strategies
Mariana Stander
Partner & Head of Remuneration Services
Nicolas Botha
Team Lead
Specialised in Expatriate Tax Matters & Multi-Faceted Tax Engagement Solutions
Delano Abdoll
Admitted Attorney and Cross-Border Taxation Specialist
Specialised in Double Taxation Agreements and Cross-Border Tax Planning
Mbalenhle Mahlaba
Expatriate Tax Engagement Specialist
Specialised in Young Professional Tax Planning Engagements
Richan Schwellnus
Admitted Attorney and Cross-Border Taxation Specialist
Specialised in Double Taxation Agreements and Cross-Border Tax Planning
John-Paul Fraser
Tax Attorney & Client Engagement Specialist
Specialised in Young Professional Tax Planning and Cross-Border Engagements
Courtney Carstens
Expatriate Tax Specialist
Nikolas Skafidas
SARS Tax Compliance and Process Supervisor
Lovemore Ndlovu
Head of SARB Engagement and Expatriate Compliance
Shuanita De Wet
Expatriate Tax Processing Specialist
Mary Manyathela
Expatriate Tax Processing Specialist
Khomotso Dibakoane
Expatriate Tax Specialist
Alex Mahundla
Tax Practitioner and SARS Compliance Specialist
Chrispos Seete
SARS Tax Compliance Specialist
Donne Trump
Client Engagement Specialist
Specialised in Middle East Relations and Advisory
Carmen Sevenster
Tracking Administrator
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FAQs About Ceasing Tax Residency
How to Leave Tax Residency Legally
- The CTR service is designed to help individuals, particularly South African expatriates, formally ending their tax residency status with South African Revenue Service (SARS). Our CTR service ensures full compliance with South African tax laws, helps avoid unnecessary taxation on Worldwide income, and supports clients in managing complex tax exit requirements efficiently.
- By officially ceasing tax residency, South African expatriates limit their tax obligations to income sourced within South Africa. This means SARS will no longer have the right to tax their worldwide income, reducing the risk of double taxation and simplifying their global tax reporting requirements, which can be complex and costly without proper management.
- Many South African expatriates encounter difficulties understanding SARS’s residency rules, managing potential exit taxes on worldwide assets, maintaining residential or economic ties in South Africa, and correctly filing their tax returns. These challenges often require careful planning and expert advice to navigate effectively.
- This process typically involves meeting SARS’s residency cessation criteria, submitting a formal declaration of having ceased tax residency, filing your tax returns with full disclosure of worldwide income, and providing evidence and confirmation of a tax residency of a foreign country.
- Tax residency laws are complex and subject to frequent changes. Professional guidance ensures that expatriates comply fully with SARS’s requirements, avoid costly mistakes, manage tax liabilities efficiently, and benefit from available international tax planning opportunities.
- South African expatriates often relocate to countries like the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Canada and various low tax jurisdictions.
- These services advise on the best approach to determining where you should be a tax resident, eliminates dual tax residency and double taxation, contributes to tax efficient moving of assets and investments into tax efficient structures aligning tax residency status with international tax laws, leveraging double tax treaties, structuring assets to minimize tax exposure, and planning income and capital flows efficiently to reduce global tax liabilities.
Global Expertise, Local Precision
As a cross-border advisory with clients around the world, we understand that every tax residency exit is unique. Our global reach and localized strategies raise important questions—so we’ve answered the most common ones below to help you move forward with confidence.
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Global Expertise, Local Precision
As a cross-border advisory with clients around the world, we understand that every tax residency exit is unique. Our global reach and localized strategies raise important questions—so we’ve answered the most common ones below to help you move forward with confidence.