DATE OF THE 2025 BUDGET REVIEW

The Budget Review is normally presented on the last Wednesday of February every year.

However, in a year when the normal Budget Review date is close to 1st March, this leaves very little time in which payroll suppliers can implement those requirements of the budget that are legally effective from 1st March.

When this situation has arisen in the past, we have requested that an exception be made to present the Budget on the second last Wednesday of February, and our request has been acceded to (no doubt with the support of other parties).

The latest PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMME FRAMEWORK FOR 2025 has been issued and confirms that the 2025 Budget Review will be presented by the Minister of Finance on Wednesday 19 February 2025.

Incidentally, the President’s State of the Nation Address will be presented on 6 February 2025.