Budget
Every rand of a R42,873 take-home placed, and the R1,173 surplus put to work.
Budget, retirement and tax on one page, worked out from your own numbers. No salesman. No product to sell you. Nothing to buy.
Every rand of a R42,873 take-home placed, and the R1,173 surplus put to work.
On today's path you retire on 61% of income. The fix is R7,200/month into the RA.
At a 39% marginal rate, unused RA room is money SARS keeps. TFSA room too: R24,000 left.
One number out of 100, split into Spend, Save, Borrow and Plan.
Salary, spending, balances. About ten minutes. No bank login.
A health score, four pillars, and the rand value of every fix.
Act on the top fix, update a number, watch the score move.
Johannesburg · married, 2 kids · gross R62,000/month
Fair - on track with three fixesTake-home R42,873 · spend R41,700 · surplus R1,173
One block = R100k · assets R2.94m less debt R1.62m
From R610k at 38 to age 65 · Rm
Top up the RA by R26,000 before 28 Feb. At a 39% marginal rate, that comes straight back from SARS.
RA room: R60,000 used of R204,600 (27.5% of R744k). TFSA: R12,000 of R46,000 used.
Move R2,000/month to a money-market account. 1.1 months is the weak spot.
R26,000 lump sum into the RA this tax year.
Clears the R140k car loan sooner.