Loadshedding: Tax Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Alternative Power
“This is a call for all South Africans to be part of the solution; to contribute in whatever way they can to ending energy scarcity in South Africa.” (President Cyril Ramaphosa) For more than a decade, local businesses have faced the huge challenge of an unreliable power supply from a state-owned monopoly that allowed very […]
How To Avoid Bad Customers
“Happy customers are your biggest advocates and can become your most successful sales team.” (Lisa Masiello) Anyone who has started a business has had those meetings. The ones where you trade a dozen emails explaining what you do and how you do it, what your rates are and why you are the best, and now […]
Top Ten Tips for Maintaining a Strong Cash Flow
“Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the lifeblood of business.” (Sir Richard Branson) Managing cash flow is often one of the biggest challenges business owners face and is also the reason for a concerningly large percentage of business failures. Cash flow can be defined as the total amount of money that […]
The Importance of a Good Credit Score
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” (Abraham Lincoln) A good business credit score is a critical tool in business success as it helps your business unlock, establish and maintain relationships with lenders, suppliers and vendors. It reveals whether an organisation should lend your business money, give it credit or enter […]
Choosing Accounting Software for Your Small Business
“Creativity is great – but not in accounting.” (Charles Scott, Former governor of Kentucky) Being able to track money as it is coming in and going out is essential for small business owners. Not having proper cash flow management and a full understanding of where your money is going makes it hard to analyse where […]
Is Your Trust Registered and Ready for Income Tax?
“A trust is a ‘person’ for tax purposes and is therefore a taxpayer in its own right.” (SARS) SARS recently sent out a reminder confirming that in terms of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (ITA), all trusts are taxpayers and that the trustees, who are also the representative taxpayers of the trust, have a responsibility […]
Tax Season 2022 Now Open
Beware, This Year’s Deadlines are Shorter! “Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form.” (Laurence J. Peter) In this article, we look at the who, how and when of this 2022 Tax Season; highlight some issues that require special attention; and suggest practical next steps to […]
Keep Your Business Simple!
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” (Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple) It is easy in business culture to start believing that more is more. Entrepreneurs […]
Owe SARS a Tax Debt? Here Are Your Options
“Tax debtors are expected to take responsibility for their tax obligations and to organise their affairs in such a way as to be able to discharge those responsibilities when required. They should give at least the same priority to tax obligations as their other responsibilities.” (SARS’ Short Guide to the Tax Administration Act) To avoid […]
Learning The Essential Art of Delegation
“The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, but then guide the horse with loose reins and seldom use the spurs.” (Sandra Day O’Connor, former Supreme Court Justice) For years you have been working in the industry of your choice and now you have decided to start your […]