Tax, paying down debt and where to spend your cash: finance minister calls for input

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his inaugural national Budget speech on February 23, his office said on Thursday.

January 20, 2022 at 02:47 pm

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the country's debt of more than R5-trillion in this financial year attracts debt-service costs of more than R380bn this year. (Esa Alexander)

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his inaugural national budget speech on February 23, his office said on Thursday.

Taxpayers are invited to share their suggestions regarding what the government should focus its spending on, how to deal with a large budget deficit, new sources of tax revenue, and “other budget-relevant information”.

Contributions can be sent via the National Treasury website, Twitter @TreasuryRSA and Facebook: National Treasury RSA, with the hashtag #TipsForMinFin and #Budget2022.

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