Chris Fick & Associates

Save by allowing us to market and sell your home via the Attorney Realtor Hub

If you’re in the market to sell your home you might be interested to know that the Attorney Realtor Hub (ARH) provides attorneys with high end property sales management technology, enabling them to sell the properties of their clients in an efficient way, thus at a lower commission. Attorneys are encouraged to market and sell […]

Making money with Airbnb? Tax and other issues

Airbnb is an increasingly popular and lucrative way for residential property owners to earn extra income from short-term rentals of spare rooms, holiday houses, apartments and the like. Bear in mind these 3 factors – You need to provide for taxes. SARS has recently confirmed that your Airbnb earnings (after deduction of allowable expenses) are […]

BUYING AND SELLING PROPERTY: WHO PAYS THE TAXMAN?

Note: What follows is of necessity just a general summary of some complex provisions, there are various exemptions and exceptions (such as possible zero-rating of going concern sales), and many traps for the unwary.  So take specific advice on your particular circumstances. Whether you are the buyer or the seller of property, one of you is […]

SELLING PROPERTY? CHECK FOR VAT BEFORE YOU SIGN

“There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip” (very old and very wise proverb) You sell your property for a good price and, with the deal in the bag, you start daydreaming about how to spend the proceeds.  Then – disaster of disasters – you realise that in the excitement of the sale […]