Dec 2, 2016
Economies around the world continue to make progress in simplifying and reducing the burden of tax compliance on business. This is according to the latest edition of Paying Taxes 2017, a report by the World Bank Group and PwC, finds that the Total Tax rate decreased...
Dec 2, 2016
Consumers, including holiday makers and business travellers, conduct a lot of financial operations online when abroad, putting themselves at risk when they are not properly protected. Research from Kaspersky Lab discovered that 48% of South African travellers believe...
Dec 2, 2016
There is no doubt that a downgrade to “junk status” will negatively impact South Africa’s economy, businesses and consumers. While many brace themselves for the worst, Old Mutual Multi-Managers investment strategist Izak Odendaal offers an honest but...
Dec 2, 2016
In North America and Europe, substantial research has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of various communication strategies for improving the compliance of taxpayers. For the first time, a similar study has been carried out in Africa, generating important...
Dec 2, 2016
The latest aggregated sales data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) show that the decline in new vehicle sales continued in November. A total of 46 413 vehicles were sold last month, a year-on-year decline of 9,6%....
Dec 1, 2016
More than 1-million Google accounts have been breached by Gooligan, a new variant of Android software that roots Android devices to steal e-mail addresses and authentication tokens stored on them. The new malware was uncovered by Check Point Software Technologies and...
