About us

Zarout is a South African based company that assist clients with their formal emigration from South Africa so they can access their Retirement Annuities and other investments. Before 2008 Retirement Annuity fund members who had emigrated from South Africa had to wait until they reached their retirement age in order to commute lump sum benefits. But with effect from 1st March 2008 a member who discontinues their contributions before the retirement date, is entitled to withdraw the lump sum benefit, provided they formalised their emigration. Furthermore, non-residents are entitled to transfer their inheritance on completion of their emigration formalities. Since 2016, if a member of a Retirement Annuity is 55 and over, and the total fund value of all plans in the fund is under R247,500 he can retire from the fund and it can be paid out in full.

Our experienced administrators ensure the successful completion of the complete emigration process.

We also have a leading edge IT team that ensures that all correspondence and documentation is secure at all times.

Our team

Karl Smith - Zarout Founder / Director

Karl Smith

Founder / Director

Karl is responsible for the marketing portfolio, securing new business, and advising customers on the service we offer to meet their specific requirements.

Our company strive for excellence and getting the job done in the quickest, simplest and most efficient way.

We adhere to SARS and SARB regulations.

We operate on a “no success, no fee” basis, and our fee is only due at the end of the process once our clients’ funds are ready to be remitted to their destination of choice.

Service Providers

Casper de Waal - Zarout Tax Practitioner

Casper de Waal

Tax Practitioner

Casper achieved a Bachelor of Commerce degree in money and banking from the University of the Free State in 1999. He then furthered his studies and achieved a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from UNISA in 2004. Internship followed for the next three years after which he passed his SAIPA board examination and became a full member of SAIPA.

He currently resides in George, where he operates as a Commercial and Financial Accountant in practice. His interests and expertise are in the field of taxation, but not limited to. He has been running his own practice for the last 10 years and sees himself as a problem solver, especially in the field of taxation.

Casper is also a registered Tax Practitioner at the South African Revenue Services and his extensive knowledge of SARS will be his main focus point within the business structure.

Jaco Oosthuizen - Zarout Broker

Jaco Oosthuizen

Broker

Jaco is registered with the Financial Services Board and has been in the financial industry for 16 years. He joined Innovation Wealth Financial Services last year. Although he is situated in George he has clients all over South Africa.

Jaco specializes in estate planning, life and disability planning [including all life and disability insurance], investment planning, pension funds and short-term insurance [personal & commercial].

Jaco has contracts and is licenced to deal with all the major insurance companies in South Africa including, Sanlam, Momentum, Old Mutual, Discovery, FMI, Hollard, Liberty, Allan Gray and Investec.

Let us help you retrieve your money
from anywhere around the world

The process can take anything from 4 – 6 months, but we keep the client informed every step of the way and our fees are paid at the end of the process when your funds are ready to be transferred to your nominated foreign bank account.

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