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Cut Your Tax Bill: Rebates and Incentives Available This Tax Season

Wish you could pay less tax? The 2026 tax filing season is in full swing, with individual non-provisional taxpayers facing a 23 October 2026 deadline, while trusts and individual provisional taxpayers have until 22 January 2027 to ensure they have made use of every applicable tax rebate and deduction. Our tax team checks and applies every tax rebate and deduction possible for every individual and business, making sure that while you remain 100% compliant, you don't pay a cent more tax than you should!

Some Companies are Going Back on Automation. Should you?

Automation once promised a cleaner, leaner future with lower costs, faster service and fewer repetitive tasks. Yet some businesses are now reversing course and humans are being returned to jobs only recently given to software. Discover why this is happening, and just how automation might be hurting your business.

SARS Moves Traveller Declarations Online

Anyone leaving or entering South Africa faces a new SARS requirement: an online declaration of goods, cash and other items before crossing the border. This article cuts through all the conspiracies and explains what the change means, why it matters, and how it could affect travellers, businesspeople and anyone carrying high-value items.

VAT Is Going Digital: What SARS is Building and What it Could Mean for Businesses

SARS's VAT modernisation proposals point to e-invoicing and near real-time reporting. Here is what South African businesses should be doing about their data now.

AI Won’t Replace Good Accountants. It Will Change What Good Accountants Spend Their Time Doing.

AI in accounting is changing how firms work, not replacing accountants. Here is what technology now automates, and where professional judgement still matters most.

Provisional Tax Time: First Payment for 2027 Tax Year Due 31 Aug

For individual provisional taxpayers and for companies with a February year-end, the end of August brings yet another tax deadline: the first provisional tax payment for the 2027 tax year, covering the period 1 March 2026 – 28 February 2027. Find out here why income tax payments seem to roll round so very often, and what you need to do to survive this first income tax deadline for the current tax year.

CIPC, SARS, UIF, COIDA … Our Expertise Makes Compliance Easier

Running a business in South Africa is a challenge. Quite apart from the political and economic conditions, every business must also comply with a web of governance, regulatory, tax, and labour law requirements. It’s a massive cost burden, but failing to comply can mean penalties, lost business opportunities, and even deregistration. Here's how we can turn your compliance into a strategic strength, while also saving your business a substantial amount of time, cost, and hassle.

The Subscription Trap: How Business Software Costs Can Quietly Add Up

As cloud-based software delivery has lowered the barrier to adoption, many companies are starting to lose track of the number of software subscriptions they have. This phenomenon is known as “SaaS creep” (SaaS stands for Software as a Service) and research suggests that the problem is considerably larger than most leaders recognise. The financial consequences are compounding, and, for organisations without formal oversight, almost entirely invisible.

Can Family Conflict Kibosh a Trust?

When a trust's founder dies, families often assume that whatever they said they wanted will be honoured, even if the trust deed was never changed to reflect it. A recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision confirms that this is not how trusts work. What governs a trust after the founder's death is the trust deed itself, not the wishes they expressed at family meetings in their final years.

Is Private Healthcare Becoming Unaffordable?

For many South Africans, the annual medical scheme increase has become one of the most dreaded notifications of the year. As healthcare costs continue to outpace inflation and salaries, more families are questioning whether private healthcare is still affordable. Before making decisions to downgrade or cancel your cover, it's worth speaking to your financial adviser about balancing affordability with the protection your family needs.

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