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Your South African company tax deadlines for 2023

Your South African company tax deadlines for 2023

Signing up for our monthly newsletter is a great way to stay on top of your monthly tax deadlines. You will receive a reminder each month to ensure that you don’t miss any important tax-filing dates. This information will help you stay organized and on top of your taxes throughout the year. So don’t wait, […]

Start 2023 strong with the “Fresh Start Effect”

“Use the right tool for the job” is common-sense advice that applies particularly well to business owners and managers at the start of a new year, which presents an opportune time to evaluate the previous year’s performance, to set targets and objectives for the next 12 months and begin implementing and monitoring improvements and changes. […]

The Importance of Maintaining Your Tax Compliance Status in 2023

The Importance of Maintaining Your Tax Compliance Status in 2023

Businesses are often required to provide tax clearance information to other entities including, for example, existing or potential clients, financial institutions, or even investors, and for reasons ranging from applying for a tender to confirming good standing. Previously, proof of tax compliance status was made available through a manual tax clearance certificate, but today it […]

Metaverse in business

What is the Metaverse and how will it impact your business?

The Metaverse is a hot topic around the world at the moment and it’s set to change the way we do business, yet many business leaders simply assume it has something to do with Facebook and is neglecting the opportunities that are presenting themselves with this new 3D internet. We examine this phenomenon, beginning with […]

Simple communication tips to boost your profitability

Simple communication tips to boost your profitability

Effective communication is vital to the successful functioning of a company. Not being able to get across the company’s vision or what needs to be done and the parameters in which it has to be achieved will result in your business going under. But let’s assume your company is part of the 59% where employees […]

tips to price increases

The WHY and the HOW of annual price increases

Businesses, particularly smaller ones, often neglect to implement annual price increases in their prices, rates, or fees: some due to poor management; many in fear of losing clients in a competitive market (as was particularly evident during COVID), and most simply due to a lack of know-how. The reality is that not implementing annual increases […]

fraud infect and damage your company

Don’t let fraud infect and damage your company

Fraud. It’s a business owner’s worst nightmare and much more common than you might think. According to PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022, 46% of surveyed organisations reported experiencing fraud, corruption or other economic crimes in the last 24 months. Every day new instances of fraud are being uncovered and the impact on […]

By Numbers Maintaining a good cash flow

Top Ten Tips for Maintaining a Strong Cash Flow

Cash flow has been called the ‘lifeblood’ of a business, and all business owners can attest to the harsh reality that cash flow can make or break a company, particularly in the still-constrained financial circumstances of the post-pandemic business world, in which inflation and rising interest rates are creating further cash flow challenges. Given the […]

How to Prepare for and Manage a Business Crisis

Building your business has been hard, but right now it all seems to be working. You have dozens of clients and a history of good service and strong reviews. It may seem like it will be all smooth sailing from here, but this is almost certainly not the case. As the Covid-19 pandemic proved, a […]