Without revenue targets, businesses are unable to measure their performance against past years, reward employees, or accurately forecast and plan. Targets set by leaders for individuals or teams can shape morale and expectations for employees and bring accountability to team actions. But it doesn’t always work like this. You might have found yourself in the […]
There’s no requirement or obligation for companies to host a year-end party for employees, clients or suppliers. This is true even if there’s a company tradition of an end-of-year bash, or where there may be expectations of a year-end party for clients or suppliers in certain industries. Read on for the lowdown on the pros, […]
With an increasing amount of business being conducted online, it’s perfectly possible to live in one country and earn an income in another. If you are conducting services for global corporations and earning foreign income in another country, you could get caught up in a world of tricky tax situations. Under these circumstances, you can […]
Every business should conduct an extensive review of its business operations at least once a year. Doing a review allows you to track your company’s progress towards achieving its goals, to evaluate current strategies, practices and operations, and to determine what’s working and what isn’t. Think of it like going to the doctor for an […]
07 November – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 25 November – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 November – Excise duty payments 29 November – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional Tax payments where applicable.
There have been significant shifts in the corporate income tax landscape in South Africa and globally. Recent trends noted by the OECD and The Tax Foundation include: Statutory corporate income tax rate changes in 13 countries in 2023 A reversal of a two-decade downward trend in corporate tax rates An increase in the average global […]
Good business leaders recognise that regular employee performance reviews play a vital role in improving transparency, identifying talent, and enhancing performance – yet often this process is handled in a casual fashion or even not implemented at all. In fact, a recent study revealed that only 13% of employees and managers, and only 6% of […]
07 October – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 21 October – End of filing season for individual taxpayers (non-provisional) 25 October – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 October – Excise duty payments 31 October – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional Tax payments where applicable, and Personal Income […]
Employers are assisted by the interim EMP501 reconciliation, says SARS, because it makes it easier to: make more accurate annual reconciliation submissions maintain an up-to-date employee database register employees for income tax purposes Of course, there are other benefits, such as maintaining your compliant tax status, and avoiding wasting money on stiff penalties and interest. […]
The recent spike in the number of SARS eFiling profiles being hacked by cybercriminals should raise red flags for every taxpayer. It’s got so bad that the Minister of Finance has given the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) approval to conduct a review of SARS’ service failures in assisting taxpayers timeously with eFiling profile […]
