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Budget Speech 2022

In his 2022 budget speech, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed a more positive picture for government’s finances. The South African Revenue Service took in R182 billion more than expected in the past year. These stronger revenues allowed the Minister to announce a number of tax relief measures. “Now is not the time to increase taxes […]

Your Tax Deadlines for February 2022

  7 February Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 February Excise Duty payments 25 February Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 February Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments, PIT & CIT Provisional Payments where applicable.

Seven Crucial Tax and Other Issues to Address When an Employee Dies

  The death of an employee can be a difficult situation in any company, but particularly so in smaller businesses where employees work more closely together and often consider each other more than just co-workers. In addition to handling the emotional aspect of such an event, companies must also keep the business running and take […]

Six Tips for Creating a Distraction-Free Home Office

  To many people the idea of working from home can seem like a dream. Just avoiding the daily commute makes it worthwhile for many, but add in the benefits that arise from being present for your family, and being able to work the hours that suit you, and suddenly it’s an extremely attractive proposition. […]

Small Businesses That Survived 2021 – How They Made It

  Businesses usually spend the last quarter of the year reflecting on how they have done and using the lessons learned in planning for the year ahead, while also keeping a keen eye on government’s financial plans as revealed in the budget – which will be tabled this month. The 2021 calendar year has been […]

Budget 2022: The Minister of Finance Wants to Hear from You!

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has invited the public to share suggestions on the 2022 Budget he is expected to deliver on Wednesday 23 February 2022. The Ministry of Finance: “As usual, the budget allocation always aims to strike a balance between competing national spending priorities … suggestions must pertain to what should government be spending […]

Financial Year End Reporting: Challenges to Manage, Opportunities for Benefit

On the last day of February each year, many companies face their end of financial year or “EOFY”.  Whether it’s referred to as the EOFY, Close of the Financial Period, Financial Year End or FYE, or simply ‘Year End’, this important time is just around the corner for many companies on the 28th of February. It […]

Your Tax Deadlines for January 2022

7 January Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 January Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 January End of Filing Season 2021 for Individuals (Provisional) and Trusts 28 January Excise Duty payments 31 January Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable

The Top 10 Complaints Against SARS: What You Can Do to Protect Your Rights

  The list of the top 10 complaints made against SARS over the last eight years to the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO), published in its recent newsletter, makes for interesting reading, and highlights the areas where taxpayers are most likely to encounter pitfalls in their dealings with SARS. The Top 10 complaints made […]

Five Tips for Improving Your Workforce Management

  Managing any workforce, but particularly a large one across many units, sometimes in multiple countries, is far from easy. From your staffing levels and scheduling to making sure your labour costs are within budget and your forecasts are accurate, there are a number of elements involved in ensuring your workforce management is streamlined. There […]