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Selling Your Business – Plan Well, with a Tax Benefit When You Retire

The reasons why a business owner might decide to sell their business are many – perhaps to pursue a new or more exciting business opportunity, relocation, health reasons or retirement. Selling a business to family, to the other partners, to a loyal employee or a group of employees could also be part of a succession […]

Business Loan or a Credit Facility – Which Is Right for Your Business?

At some point it’s more likely than not that your small business will require a business loan. A 2021 study done by Fundera (a US financial resource business that sources financing for small businesses) suggested that 56% of all small businesses will need a loan to expand operations, pursue new business or acquire business assets. […]

Don’t Let Fraud Infect and Damage Your Company

Fraud (in this context) is the act wherein an employee or trusted partner makes a financial gain through criminal behaviour or deception within an organisation and it is extremely common. Recent studies suggest that as much as 46% of all companies will succumb at some stage or another. Given this, much thought has been put into how […]

Your Tax Deadlines for October 2022

7 October – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 25 October – VAT manual submissions and payments 28 October – Excise Duty payments 31 October – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments.

Is Your Pricing Model Killing Your Business?

It may seem a simple concept but getting your pricing right is an integral part of any business’s true sustainable success and can be a critical part of its failure too. Bad pricing leads to missed deals if you are too expensive, and lost profits if it you are too cheap. It also leads to […]

9 Key Metrics Every Business Should Track

Metrics are defined as a set of numbers that give information about a particular process or activity. In a business context, a metric is a quantifiable measure used to track, monitor and assess the performance of various business processes. Also known as key performance indicators or KPIs, business metrics allow you to track the growth and performance […]

How The Gig Economy Is Changing Traditional Businesses

The move to the gig economy has been in the works for years. Even before the pandemic people were leaving their jobs to “consult independently” from small towns around the big cities. Younger generations with in-demand skills found themselves capable of earning more money, and having more flexibility, while working at home, and this situation […]

Your Tax Deadlines for September 2022

7 September – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 23 September – VAT manual submissions and payments 29 September – Excise Duty payments 30 September – End of the 2nd Financial Quarter 30 September – VAT electronic submissions and payments, PIT top-up & CIT Provisional payments.

Are You Ready for a COIDA Employer Site Visit and Audit?

Most employers – and particularly smaller businesses and domestic employers – are not able to provide cost-effective medical or insurance cover for their employees, even though the vast majority would want their employees to be compensated if they are injured, become ill or die at or because of their work. This is the objective of […]