busting the accounting myths that are burying your business
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Busting the Accounting Myths That are Burying Your Business

Accounting isn’t just something to worry about during tax season. It’s the engine room of every decision you make, from whether you can hire, to when you should scale. Sadly, far too many businesses still cling onto accounting myths that affect every decision they make. These aren’t dramatic mistakes. They’re assumptions picked up over time that feel right but hold you back. It’s time to clear them out – and start seeing your business the way it really is.
how funding budget 3.0 will impact you project amabillions
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How Funding Budget 3.0Will Impact You: Project AmaBillions

The scrapping of the proposed VAT increase in Budget 3.0 resulted in a budget shortfall, necessitating alternative sources of funding. One of these is the increased collection of outstanding tax debt. It’s a challenge SARS has accepted, Treasury has financed with an additional R4 billion in funding, and the media is touting as “Project AmaBillions”. This is how it will affect you – and how we can assist.
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Tips for Getting out of Business Debt

As a business grows, owners may find they need to take out loans to build infrastructure, take on essential new employees, meet legal requirements or upgrade equipment to ensure future growth. These moments can each feel necessary at the time, but if business owners are not careful, they may find themselves with more debt than they can reasonably manage. An inability to repay debts is a huge threat to business stability, and in the end, viability. Here are nine tips on how to get out from under crippling business debt.
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The Importance of a Good Credit Score

Business credit is one of the most important tools in any entrepreneur’s toolkit. Building a good credit reputation helps the business qualify for credit facilities such as business credit cards and loans, and can open up many other funding opportunities. Your business’ credit begins when you register your new company and is likely to become an important aspect of your success. So how can you build your credit score to ensure you have the best possible score when the time comes that you need it?
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Owe SARS a Tax Debt? Here Are Your Options…

There are many ways in which taxpayers can find themselves owing SARS a tax debt, and this is an issue that cannot be postponed or ignored – immediate action is required to prevent SARS from exercising their wide powers of debt collection. In this article, we look at how tax debts arise; how taxpayers are notified; what your options are when you don’t dispute the tax debt but can’t pay; and what must be done if you do want to dispute the tax debt.
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Business Bankruptcy – Identifying the Main Causes and Avoiding this Outcome

Business bankruptcy is a reality - but by understanding what goes wrong, and what can be done to mitigate business money mistakes, you can put yourself in a better position to succeed as a business owner.
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The Impact of Increased VAT

As you may have been made aware and was outlined in our previous article, ‘2018 Budget Related Tax Implications’ Sunday, 1 April 2018 saw VAT increase from 14% to 15%. This was the first increase in 25 years. What is VAT? VAT stands…
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Quick steps to ease debt

A recent report issued by Sanlam revealed that a shocking seventy percent of middle-class South Africans are feeling crippling financial pressure. According to the survey, the blame can be placed on the cost of education and university, a lack…