BUDGET 2023 | Godongwana warns of tax hike if calls for basic income grant persist

BUDGET 2023 | Godongwana warns of tax hike if calls for basic income grant persist

Child support and old age grants account for 70% of government’s spending on social grants which is due to reach R284bn by 2026. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has warned he will have no choice but to increase taxes if he’s forced to introduce a basic income grant.

Godongwana was speaking at a briefing in Cape Town before tabling the 2023/2024 budget in parliament on Wednesday.

“I’m not raising taxes this year but next year is a different ball game. I’ll raise taxes for different reasons; there’s always a warning which we did in February last year, we’re repeating that warning.“For argument’s […]

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