New management at SARS is trying to rebuild the institution as the world class organisation it once was. Amongst the outcomes it hopes to achieve in this tax year are increases: In public trust and credibility, In the ease and fairness for taxpayers in their...
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” George Foreman There are many things to consider when you retire. One thing to be careful of is the amount of money you cash in from your retirement savings. Taking cash from your...
There are strikes seemingly now all the time and usually the dispute is over wage increases and benefits. On the other side of the coin, when employers speak, they often talk of the country’s skills deficit and labour laws. Recent research in KwaZulu-Natal has highlighted that...
For the new tax year changes were made to how we are reimbursed for business travelling expenses. Why did SARS make changes and to which type of travel allowance? Travel allowances have been around for a long time. Initially, they gave considerable benefits to people earning salaries...
There are only run-of-the-mill deadlines this month. It is worth getting your filing and workpapers ready for your 2018 tax return as filing season opens in July. Tax Scams Be alert to yet more scams involving SARS, such as fraudulent emails which say you owe interest to SARS...
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) will from 1 July 2018 require that all Annual Financial Statements (AFS) submitted to the CIPC be in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. What is XBRL and what are its benefits? It is a global standard for digital reporting....
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on the 25th of May. It is regarded as the world’s most comprehensive legislation protecting private data. GDPR may be applicable to South Africans if your business provides goods or services in the EU, and in certain...
"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but in calculating risk and acting decisively” (Niccolo Machiavelli) We are all aware that business, as with life, is full of risks and things go wrong from time to time. Some of...
It has become a global phenomenon measuring Tax Freedom Day, the day up to which you work to pay your taxes – only after Tax Freedom Day do you start working for yourself. In 2018 it takes us South Africans 133 days or 39% of...
Amazon is now regarded as the best company in the world – its market capitalisation is approaching R800 billion and its founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man. Year after year in customer satisfaction surveys Amazon invariably comes out on top. Jeff Bezos recently shared...