The Companies Act gives directors substantial leeway to run a company and gives them considerable powers to do this. So how does it protect minority shareholders […]

The government spends over R500 billion annually on goods and services. Promises have been made for several years that government would promote small and medium-sized businesses […]

A global organisation which focuses on internal (i.e. management, owners and staff) fraud, recently released some sobering findings. Understanding them is your first step in protecting […]

Events have moved swiftly – on 31 March the Minister of Finance and the Deputy Minister were axed. Ratings agencies Fitch and S&P downgraded South African […]

In the last few years in particular we have been aware of tax increases. The Free Market Foundation measures how many days in a tax year […]

There are only the usual deadlines for April but employee tax season has opened and your EMP501 is due by the end of May. Don’t delay, […]

Blockchain offers exciting possibilities of what new technology can achieve. What is blockchain? It is a transparent, secure and tamper-proof method of storing data. It can […]

The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) is a statutory insurance policy for your employees and pays them compensation if they are killed, injured, […]

Imagine you get an email from a charity asking you to participate in an event 60 kilometres away on Saturday. The email details how much good […]

Two months ago we wrote about how the Tax Ombud was now more independent of SARS and it hasn’t taken the Ombud long to flex these […]

Benjamin Franklin once said the only certainties in life are death and taxes. To that you can add retirement (assuming the Grim Reaper doesn’t interfere earlier). […]

MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT It gives the Board of Directors of Quantum Auditors Incorporated great pleasure to advise that we have recently concluded a merger transaction with Lucro […]

This budget is one of the most anticipated for many years with many questions still needing answers: How will the expected tax increases pan out? Will […]

For ease of reference please find below – The new tax tables for individuals and trusts other than special trusts The new tax tables for Small […]

In 2015 the Consumer Goods and Services (CGS) Code of Conduct took effect. It sets out minimum standards for the CGS industry to observe when dealing […]

There are only run-of-the-mill deadlines for March. This is the season of finalising employee tax – Employee Tax IRP5 Certificates and your EMP501 Employer Reconciliation Declarations. […]

The second provisional tax payment for the 2017 tax year is due by 28 February. Taxpayers are required to estimate their total taxable income (i.e. including […]

Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, makes his budget speech on 22 February and would like to hear your tips for the budget. To submit your suggestions […]

The Office of the Tax Ombud (“OTO”) was created in 2013 and despite initial doubts as to its role has carved a niche for itself and […]

In South Africa only about 10% of retail shopping is done online as shoppers still prefer to go to malls to do their shopping. The worst […]