November 2021

We would like to bring to your attention the following important notice issued by SARS. THE NEW PENALTY RULE FOR NON-COMPLIANT TAXPAYERS In line with the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) strategic objective of making non-compliance hard and costly, it is imperative that SARS enhances its ability to impose administrative penalties in a more responsive […]

posted by Brent Combrink on October 8th, 2021. Tagged Leadership, Entrepreneur Failure demand is a false demand from customers for your services. It’s the opposite of value demand. But if value demand is when customers demand a service they’re willing to pay for, does that make failure demand something customers “want” but would rather not pay for? In a sense, yes.

The last couple of years, and the prolonged lockdown, have highlighted the convenience of working remotely and migrating work to digital platforms. “Cloud computing” is one of the trendier buzz word phrases that have increased in popularity, but what exactly does it mean and how can it benefit your business? Simply put, cloud computing refers

Building and maintaining an effective online presence should be at the heart of any business plan, and it may come as some surprise in 2021 that there are still a huge number of businesses with absolutely none.  Owners cite the fact that they are “not in a digital industry” but they ignore the internet at

Since 2001, taxpayers in South Africa have been liable for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on profits (capital gains) arising from the disposal of assets – at a hefty 18% for individuals.   There is a less well-known specific exclusion to the CGT payable on the disposal of a small business or its active business assets that

For taxpayers who have been auto-assessed by SARS, the 23 November deadline to accept or edit the return/auto-assessment result is less than three short weeks away. Failing to accept or edit the return by the deadline; or simply accepting the result of an auto-assessment on the assumption that SARS must be correct; or submitting an