“It is equally important to know if we have a happy and engaged workforce as it is to have a profitable bottom line.” (Vern Dosch, Wired Differently) Managing any workforce, but particularly a large one across many units, sometimes in multiple countries, is far from easy. From your staffing levels and scheduling to making sure […]
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Jan
“… the OTO commits to continue doing everything possible to ensure that taxpayers are not forced to pay a cent more than what is required.” (Judge Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe, the Tax Ombud) The list of the top 10 complaints made against SARS over the last eight years to the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO), […]
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Jan
Jan
7 January Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 25 January Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 January End of Filing Season 2021 for Individuals (Provisional) and Trusts 28 January Excise Duty payments 31 January Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable Disclaimer: The information provided herein should not […]
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Jan
Jan
“Human resources isn’t a thing we do, it’s the thing that runs our business” (American real estate developer, Steve Wynne) An effective employee benefit strategy is more of an advantage to an employer than may at first meet the eye. Although providing benefits naturally comes at a price, it also comes with substantial benefits, plus you stand […]
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Nov
Nov
“Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.” (John D. Rockefeller Jr.) Christmas is a time for giving, and in our local business environment, as well as in many other markets around the world, it may even be unofficially expected of companies to give generously to their employees, to their clients and […]
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Nov
Nov
“Success in a hybrid work environment requires employers to move beyond viewing remote or hybrid environments as a temporary or short term strategy and to treat it as an opportunity” (Vice President of Gartner, George Penn) The gradual transition from the conventional office environment to a remote, tech-savvy workforce has been topical in various industries […]
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Nov
Nov
“As much as you might love running your business, you must have an end-goal in the plan. At the very least, an exit strategy keeps you from turning your business into a glorified job – working from home, but with longer hours.” (Kevin J. Donaldson) A new year beckons, and you may be thinking that […]
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Nov
Nov
“Cyber Attack: An attack, via cyberspace, targeting an enterprise’s use of cyberspace for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the integrity of the data or stealing controlled information.” (CSRC – Computer Security Resource Center) South African businesses, already facing significant risk of cyberattacks, have been warned to […]
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Nov
Nov
2 December – Extended filing season deadline for non-provisional individual taxpayers (originally 23 November 2021) 7 December – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 24 December – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 December – Excise Duty payments 31 December – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax payments where applicable 31 December – […]
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Oct
Oct
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax” (Albert Einstein) A year after the first mass auto-assessments were issued by SARS in 2020, many more taxpayers are facing the 2021 tax season deadline of 23 November – just days away! Read on to find out what has changed since last year, […]