“If you can laugh together, you can work together” (Robert Orben) There’s no requirement or obligation for companies to host a year-end party for employees, clients or suppliers. This is true even if there’s a company tradition of an end-of-year bash, or where there may be expectations of a year-end party for clients or suppliers… Continue reading To Host or Not To Host a Year-End Party?
Category: Tax
Can You Afford to Work Overseas? How Double Taxation Agreements Work
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” (Albert Einstein) With an increasing amount of business being conducted online, it’s perfectly possible to live in one country and earn an income in another. If you are conducting services for global corporations and earning foreign income in another country, you could get… Continue reading Can You Afford to Work Overseas? How Double Taxation Agreements Work
Your Tax Deadlines for December 2024
06 December – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 24 December – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 December – Excise Duty payments 31 December – Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Provisional Tax payments 31 December – End of the 3rd fiscal quarter 31 December – Value-Added Tax (VAT) electronic submissions and payments Disclaimer: The… Continue reading Your Tax Deadlines for December 2024
Global Corporate Tax Changes: Advice Is More Crucial Than Ever
“Over the next few years, we are also implementing a global minimum corporate tax to limit the negative effects of tax competition.” (Enoch Godongwana, Minister of Finance, Budget 2024) There have been significant shifts in the corporate income tax landscape in South Africa and globally. Recent trends noted by the OECD and The Tax Foundation… Continue reading Global Corporate Tax Changes: Advice Is More Crucial Than Ever
Your Tax Deadlines for November 2024
07 November – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 25 November – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 28 November – Excise duty payments 29 November – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional Tax payments where applicable. Disclaimer: The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice.… Continue reading Your Tax Deadlines for November 2024
How To Avoid an eFiling Profile Hijacking
“…it is vital that all stakeholders in the digital ecosystem, including the taxpayers, SARS, and the banks, work together to prevent and combat profile hijacking.” (SARS) The recent spike in the number of SARS eFiling profiles being hacked by cybercriminals should raise red flags for every taxpayer. It’s got so bad that the Minister of… Continue reading How To Avoid an eFiling Profile Hijacking
Ready to Submit Your Interim EMP501 Reconciliation By 31 October?
“The interim reconciliation process has become an integral part of the employer reconciliation and assists employers…” (SARS) Employers are assisted by the interim EMP501 reconciliation, says SARS, because it makes it easier to: make more accurate annual reconciliation submissions maintain an up-to-date employee database register employees for income tax purposes Of course, there are other… Continue reading Ready to Submit Your Interim EMP501 Reconciliation By 31 October?
Tax Deadlines
07 October – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 21 October – End of filing season for individual taxpayers (non-provisional) 25 October – Value Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 October – Excise duty payments 31 October – VAT electronic submissions and payments, Corporate Income Tax Provisional Tax payments where applicable, and Personal Income… Continue reading Tax Deadlines
Beware the Taxman When Accessing Your Three-Pot Retirement Savings!
“The two-pot system is meant to support long-term retirement savings while offering flexibility to help fund members in financial distress.” (National Treasury) With two new pots added to what used to be the one-pot South African retirement system, fund members can now access a portion of their retirement savings before retirement, while still preserving savings… Continue reading Beware the Taxman When Accessing Your Three-Pot Retirement Savings!
How to Survive Trust Tax Season 2024
“A Trust is a ‘person’ for tax purposes and is therefore a taxpayer in its own right.” (SARS) With Tax Season 2024 for trusts opening on 16 September, there’s no better time to draw trustees’ attention to SARS’ continued emphasis that all trusts must register for income tax purposes, including dormant trusts. Once registered, trusts… Continue reading How to Survive Trust Tax Season 2024