Closing the Gap using building blocks.
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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.
budget 2025 how it affects you and your business
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Budget 2025: How It Affects You and Your Business

The proposed VAT increase of 0.5% in 2025 and another 0.5% in 2026 is the big news from Budget Speech 2025. The increase is strongly opposed by political parties within and outside the GNU – but it is only one way in which individual and corporate taxpayers will bear the brunt of another substantial Budget shortfall. Here’s a brief overview of how the tabled Budget 2025 proposals will impact individuals and businesses (if they come into effect). Professional tax advice has never been more important.
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.
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.
disagree with sars here’s how we can assist you
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Disagree with SARS? Here’s How we Can Assist You

If you don’t agree with an assessment from SARS, swift action and careful management of the dispute process will maximise your chances of a favourable outcome. This is because various deadlines must be met, a payment suspension must be requested, and a solid objection must be presented and managed to final resolution. Fortunately, we’re here to help.
are you ready for the next provisional tax deadline
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Are You Ready for the Next Provisional Tax Deadline?

The second provisional tax deadline for the 2025 tax year is just days away (28 February 2025). It’s the trickiest and most important provisional tax deadline of the tax year, because the income estimates on which it’s based must be highly accurate. Estimates that don’t fall within 80 – 90% of your actual taxable income can expose taxpayers to a stiff 20% under-estimation penalty. We can help you to meet this important deadline and ensure that it meets SARS’ stringent criteria for compliance and zero penalties.
tax compliance in 2025 help is at hand
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Tax Compliance in 2025: Help Is at Hand

SARS has warned that it will intensify and deepen its existing administrative efforts to drive taxpayer compliance, deploying more data science and AI, and imposing significant legal and administrative costs on non-compliant taxpayers. This means that in 2025, maintaining full tax compliance will be more crucial than ever. Your best shot at ensuring all the compliance requirement boxes are ticked continuously and efficiently is to rely on our friendly and professional expertise.
How to avoid an efiling profile hijacking
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How To Avoid an eFiling Profile Hijacking

SARS eFiling profile hijackings are becoming an increasingly concerning and common hazard. Reports of this type of cybercrime have peaked in recent months and both individuals and businesses must take proactive steps to prevent an attack. This Cyber Security Awareness Month, it’s vital to understand how you could fall prey to cybercriminals. Improving your cybersecurity processes and relying on a trusted accountant can go a long way towards protecting you and your business.
how to breeze through a sars audit

How to Breeze Through a SARS Audit

Nobody wants to go through a SARS audit, as collating all the documents requires time, money and effort. What’s more, it may result in the levying of understatement penalties of up to 200% with the harsher 200% penalty applying in instances where the taxpayer is either obstructive or is a repeat offender. You can expect more frequent and tougher audits as SARS continues to step up its enforcement and collection efforts. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Allowing our experienced team to manage your SARS audits will save you time and money, and ensure compliance – allowing you to breeze through the audit process.
provisional tax
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Provisional Tax: Are You Ready for the Crucial 29 February Deadline?

Especially for taxpayers required to make provisional tax payments on income as both individuals and as owners of companies, it may seem that a provisional or final income tax deadline lurks around every corner, with the next and crucial second payment deadline for most companies and individuals just a few short weeks away on 29 February 2024. Given the numerous declarations and payments overlapping through the year, provisional tax is among the most confusing aspects of the tax regime, and the most heavily penalised, making professional assistance essential when attending to provisional tax responsibilities.