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Business Owners: Have You Tried These Money-Saving Hacks?

When a company is struggling with cashflow, or simply looking to improve profitability, the directors will often consider making grand sweeping changes like retrenching staff, slashing the marketing budget or even selling off resources. While this kind of kneejerk reaction can provide instant gratification, it may not be the solution to your long-term struggles. Cutting […]

Your Tax Deadlines for September 2024

06 September – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 16 September – Start of Filing Season 2024: Trusts 25 September – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 27 September – Excise duty payments 30 September – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional Tax payments where applicable, and Personal Income Tax […]

5 Top Tips for Managing Debt in Your Startup

Most businesses have debt of some kind or another. Whether you need help to buy stock, maintain equipment or even fund a property, it’s likely that at some stage in your business’ life you will need to take out loans. The challenge comes in balancing the needs of your business with the debt you’ve taken […]

How to Survive Trust Tax Season 2024

  With Tax Season 2024 for trusts opening on 16 September, there’s no better time to draw trustees’ attention to SARS’ continued emphasis that all trusts must register for income tax purposes, including dormant trusts. Once registered, trusts are obligated to submit income tax returns that are aligned with other trust reporting requirements from SARS […]

Beware the Taxman When Accessing Your Three-Pot Retirement Savings!

The three pots of the new retirement system    Tax and other issues   Withdrawing from any of the pots should be approached with caution. In addition to the fees that will be charged, and the potentially devastating impact on your eventual retirement savings, there are also tax implications that must be carefully considered. It’s significantly […]

Your Tax Deadlines for August 2024

          07 August – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 23 August – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 29 August – Excise duty payments 30 August – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional payments where applicable, and Personal Income Tax Provisional payments.

When Should Your Company Be Cautious of AI?

  Using powerful data analytics and pattern recognition, Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the latest buzzword in every business on the planet. If you looked hard enough, you could probably find an AI solution for every application a business could need (and a few no business could ever need!). Experts have, however, begun to issue […]

Do You Qualify for These Tax Rebates? Let Us Check!

  Tax rebates, deductions and incentives provide relief to taxpayers by reducing the amount of tax payable to SARS, resulting in welcome tax savings. But how do you figure out which rebates, deductions or incentives apply to you – and what’s the procedure for claiming them? This is where we come in. Chances are we’ve […]

Your Tax Deadlines for July 2024

05 July – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 July – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 July – Excise Duty payments 31 July – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax payments 31 July – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments.

Is Venture Capital Right for Your Business?

  At its simplest, the term Venture Capital (VC) simply refers to capital that’s invested in any business or project where there’s an element of risk. Typically, this refers to innovative new companies, but it can also refer to money invested in everything from opening a new branch, to updating your factory or building a […]