South Africa is alive and buzzing with entrepreneurs, possibly because of the high unemployment rate driving individuals to take matters into their own hands. This often means starting a [...]
In this past year, our profession, and in particular, our reputation as independent auditors and chartered accountants, has been subjected to fairly intense scrutiny. The SAICA is re-looking at [...]
Unbeknown to many, the Master’s Office issued a directive in March 2017 stating that all new so-called “family business trusts” must appoint an independent trustee. Firstly, what is a “family [...]
In light of the 2018 budget, taxpayers can expect to pay higher taxes in a number of areas, including VAT, fuel levies, excise duties on alcohol and tobacco, and estate duty. It is therefore [...]
Any wily Tax Practitioner can make sure that you hear what you want to hear. Interpreting the South African Income Tax Act in a favourable version is often the case when clients are expecting to [...]
Since its introduction in 2011 via Section 6 of The Companies Act, Business Rescue has slowly gained momentum as an alternative to liquidation. A principal difference from Business Rescue and [...]
Most financially distressed companies all have the same thing in common; poor working capital controls and employ a reactive working capital management strategy rather than a proactive approach. [...]
It’s that time of year when tax-payers, especially those who have a high-taxed income and investable cash, shop for an investment vehicle for their lump sum investments. In the past RAs have been [...]
The worldwide attempt to reduce obesity has been given the ‘thumbs up’ by a few forward-thinking fiscal departments in several countries, with South Africa recently joining the fight against [...]
Most employees never talk about employee engagement, like it doesn’t even exist, but it does and it is more important than people think. The definition of employee engagement is a “workplace [...]