In South Africa, the SASI (Savings Institute of South Africa) has designated July as the annual “Savings Month.”
To encourage households to start saving, the South African government introduced the TFSA (tax-free savings account) in 2015. The money invested in a TFSA is not subject to tax on any interest, dividends, capital gains, and withdrawals, and has an annual contribution limit of R36,000 per tax year (lifetime limit of R500,000).
Notably, several exchange-traded funds will be paying dividends with upcoming last dates to trade and are also available in the tax-free account. These include funds from Prescient and Sygnia such as:
The Prescient Income Provider Feeder Actively Managed ETF aims to deliver consistent income by investing in diversified income-generating assets like bonds and property shares. It pays monthly dividends and is available in the tax-free savings account on EasyEquities.
Here’s the full list:
Sygnia
Sygnia Itrix Top 40 ETF will be paying R1.23 per share.
Sygnia Itrix S&P Global 1200 ESG ETF will be paying R0.38 per share.
Sygnia Itrix Solactive Healthcare 150 ETF will be paying R0.17 per share.
Sygnia Itrix Global Property ETF will be paying R0.53 per share.
Sygnia Itrix Euro Stoxx ETF will be paying R1.48 per share.
Sygnia Itrix MSCI Emerging Markets 50 ETF will be paying R0.15 per share.
Sygnia Itrix S&P 500 ETF will be paying R0.49 per share.
Sygnia Itrix MSCI World Index ETF will be paying R0.32 per share.
Sygnia Itrix MSCI USA Index ETF will be paying R0.15 per share.
Sygnia Itrix New China Sectors ETF will be paying R0.09 per share.
Sygnia Itrix MSCI Japan ETF will be paying R0.10 per share.
Sygnia Itrix 4th Industrial Revolution Global Equity Fund will be paying R0.02 per share.
Sygnia Itrix FTSE 100 ETF will be paying R2.88 per share.
Prescient
Reitway Global Property Diversified Prescient ETF will be paying R0.05 per share.
Reitway Global Property ESG Prescient ETF will be paying R0.05 per share.
Reitway Global Property Prescient ETF will be paying R0.06 per share.
Actively Managed Funds
Prescient Income Provider Feeder Actively Managed ETF will be paying R0.07 per share.
PortfolioMetrix Active Income Prescient Actively Managed ETFwill be paying R0.14 per share.
Dividend-paying ETFs may not be limited to the above list. Should more ETFs declare dividends, further updates will be provided.
Some of the above-listed ETFs are available in your Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). Using a TFSA allows you to invest up to R36k annually and R500k over a lifetime tax-free. To read more on TFSAs, you can click here.
*20% Tax applicable on dividends payout unless stated otherwise by the fund.📁
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