Being able to track money as it is coming in and going out is essential for small business owners. Not having proper cash flow management and a full understanding of where your money is going makes it hard to analyse where your business can improve and whether it is succeeding. Come tax season compiling your […]
A good business credit score is a critical tool in business success as it helps your business unlock, establish and maintain relationships with lenders, suppliers and vendors. It reveals whether an organisation should lend your business money, give it credit or enter into a business relationship. Building good business credit is, therefore, a vital […]
SARS recently sent out a reminder confirming that in terms of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (ITA), all trusts are taxpayers and that the trustees, who are also the representative taxpayers of the trust, have a responsibility to register the trusts – whether active or dormant – for income tax purposes. The representative taxpayer (trustee/s), […]
Managing cash flow is often one of the biggest challenges business owners face and is also the reason for a concerningly large percentage of business failures. Cash flow can be defined as the total amount of money that comes in and then goes out of a business and – crucially – the timing between cash […]
7 July – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 July – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 July – Excise Duty payments 29 July – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable.
In this article, we look at the who, how and when of this 2022 Tax Season; highlight some issues that require special attention; and suggest practical next steps to help you avoid the last-minute rush, the risk of errors and omissions, and the cost of late submissions, penalties and audits. At a glance Tax Season […]
To avoid tax debt, penalties and interest, it is best to file returns and make payments timeously. However, for a range of reasons, taxpayers may not be able to meet these requirements on time, finding themselves facing a tax debt owed to SARS. There are different ways in which tax debt can arise, and while […]
It is easy in business culture to start believing that more is more. Entrepreneurs often fall into the trap that more meetings, more employees, more products and more leads is equal to more success. Many large companies have failed because they branched out too much, lost focus and, as a result, lost their market. Quite […]
For years you have been working in the industry of your choice and now you have decided to start your own business. At this point it’s hard to see just what you are going to need to do to transition the business to a thriving enterprise. One of the major skills you’ll need is the […]
7 June – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 24 June – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 29 June – Excise Duty payments 30 June – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable 30 June – End of the 1st Financial Quarter
