5 tips for helping your employees through a crisis
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5 Tips for Helping Your Employees Through a Crisis

As a business owner, at some stage you will inevitably be asked to help an employee through a crisis in either their personal or professional life. How you respond to their bereavement, financial difficulties or workplace meltdown, will directly affect your other employees and your company culture. Supporting your staff can increase loyalty, improve morale, and strengthen team cohesion. But it’s not just about empathy – these situations can have long-term implications for productivity, reputation, and even your bottom line.
youth day how businesses can benefit from the eti
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Youth Day: How Businesses Can Benefit from the ETI

Youth Day on 16 June is a great time to consider the advantages of employing young people in your business – and to find out how SARS’ Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) can assist your company to do this at a reduced cost. Key to unlocking the benefits of this tax incentive – and of having young employees – is the professional assistance we bring to ensure ongoing compliance with the numerous and ever-changing rules and administrative issues that come with this incentive.
tax avoidance vs tax evasion toeing the line
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Tax Avoidance vs Tax Evasion: Toeing the Line

There’s a thin line between tax avoidance, which is legal, and tax evasion, which is a tax crime. Every taxpayer, corporate or individual, has the right and duty to ensure they don’t pay any more tax than what is legally required – but tax evasion can result in hefty penalties and even jail time. In this article we establish where the line is, and why it is best navigated with the help of your accountant.
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This Workers’ Day, Look After Your Business’ Greatest Asset

Workers’ Day acknowledges the contributions of workers and recognises the importance of upholding their rights. But celebrating workers is not just a government initiative. It’s a forward-thinking approach to labour relations that is increasingly embraced by progressive companies around the world. Here are five reasons why happy workers are a business’ greatest asset. And five simple ways your business can enhance happiness and wellbeing among your workers.
the art of fostering job stability in an uncertain world
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The Art of Fostering Job Stability in an Uncertain World

Today’s work environment is fast-paced, unpredictable and ever-changing. Between the gig economy, retrenchments and the transformations brought about by AI and other technologies, studies are now showing that the traditional 9-to-5 job is no longer viewed as being a stable way of life. Workers are increasingly feeling insecure. This fear is impacting their mental health – and in turn, the stability of the businesses they work for. Read on to find out what employers can do to combat these feelings of instability and help foster a sense of security within their organisations.
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Mind The Tax Gap! Here’s How…

Increased funding allocated in Budget 2025 will enable SARS to zoom in on an estimated R800 billion in unpaid taxes in South Africa, including a substantial so-called “tax gap” of uncollected taxes. For taxpayers, this means more scrutiny, enquiries, verifications, and audits – and more stringent debt collection measures. Here's how we can help you mind the “tax gap” by maintaining complete compliance and taking immediate action if your tax affairs become the subject of SARS’ scrutiny.
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The 5 Cognitive Biases That Could Sink Your Business

Running a business requires leaders to make hundreds of decisions each year. Some of these are small and inconsequential. But others have the power to affect the company’s future, determine the happiness of its customers and impact the lives of all its employees. Without knowing it, however, each decision-maker typically brings their personal history, biases and experiences to each decision they make. And sometimes this can be very costly. Here are five ways your biases could sink your business – and how to prevent that from happening.
why use a registered tax practitioner here’s what sars says…
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Why Use a Registered Tax Practitioner? Here’s What SARS Says…

“Protect Yourself – Use Only Registered Tax Practitioners” was among the first messages from SARS this year. The message also highlighted the risks of engaging the services of unregistered practitioners and provided an online look-up feature where a practitioner’s registration can be verified. Not only are we proud to confirm that our team of tax professionals is correctly registered, we’re also pleased to highlight the many benefits that come from working with registered tax practitioners.
5 tips for using reviews to boost your business
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5 Tips for Using Reviews to Boost Your Business

In the history of business, little has been as effective in making or breaking sales as customer reviews. With Google now placing increasing relevance on tracking and promoting companies with genuine good reviews, this has never been truer than it is now. What many don’t know, however, is that it’s what you do after receiving a review that makes the biggest difference. Here are five ways you can capitalise on your reviews to improve your business.
budget 2025 your tax tables and tax calculator
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Budget 2025: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator

In its current form, Budget 2025 will effectively bring about an increase in personal income tax by not adjusting the tables for tax rates, rebates and credits, while also implementing substantial increases in ‘sin’ taxes and introducing a 0.5% VAT increase on 1 May 2025 and another 0.5% increase effective 1 April 2026. This selection of official SARS Tax Tables and other useful resources will help clarify your tax position for the new tax year.