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UDZ Tax Incentive Extended: Could Your Business Benefit?
“…governments internationally have increasingly used tax measures to support efforts aimed at regenerating urban areas.” (SARS Guide to the UDZ Allowance) The urban development zone (UDZ) tax incentive, provided for in section 13quat of the Income Tax Act (the Act),...
Tips for Generating Customer Trust as a Start Up
“Consumers don’t just buy products and services anymore; they buy experiences. This demands a new approach to marketing, sales, and services; one that hinges on winning customer trust.” (Ben Jackson, Author "The Future of Commerce) With customer trust being the most...
Your Tax Deadlines for April 2023
1 April – Start of the 2022/23 Financial Year 6 April - Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 26 April - Excise Duty payments 28 April - Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable....
Budget 2023: How It Affects You and Your Business
“This is not an austerity budget. It is a budget that makes tough trade-offs in the interests of the country’s short and long term prosperity.” (Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana – Budget 2023) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s second Budget contained no major tax...
Budget 2023: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator
The big Budget Speech 2023 tax news was the introduction of tax incentives for investing in rooftop solar and renewable energy. The Budget also detailed tax relief in the form of adjusted tables for tax and rebates for individual taxpayers, adjusted tables for...
How To Prepare a Reliable Disaster Recovery Plan
"The time to prepare for disasters is before they happen” (Stephen Matheson, Vice President of Product at BridgeHead) Given how reliant we all are on our IT infrastructure, it will come as no surprise to learn that one of the worst things that can happen to a business...
Five Essential Bookkeeping Tips for Small Businesses
“Making good judgements when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping” (Dee Hock, Founder and CEO of VISA) When running a small business, it often feels like you are doing everything yourself, and some important tasks can slip...
Effective 1 March 2023: New Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage
Employers and employees need to keep an eye on the annual increases in both the National Minimum Wage and the Earnings Threshold, summarised below for your convenience. Both are effective from 1 March 2023. The National Minimum Wage increase The National Minimum Wage...
Your Tax Deadlines for March 2023
7 March - Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 30 March - Excise Duty payments 31 March – End of the 2022/23 Financial Year 31 March - Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional payments where applicable....
Ignoring an Online Review Could be Catastrophic for Your Business!
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning” (Bill Gates) If you have founded a business then there is little less certain than that at some point in the future, you will get a bad review. It’s simply impossible to please all of the people all of...