Reasons to pursue a career in finance and accountancy
Why should you think about starting a career in finance and accountancy? By Karl Smith, SAIPA's senior manager: education, training and member support First of all, let's take a quick look at what these exciting fields are about. Finance - building and preserving...
Accurate payroll data critical for a smooth filing season
Annual filing season is now open for businesses, with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) giving organisations until the end of May to submit all their employees' payroll and tax information. According to SARS: "The data that must be submitted to SARS from...
Accountancy a critical skill for SA
The Department of Home Affairs recently ended public commentary on the draft national Critical Skills List, which includes several common accountancy roles. "Due to a shortage of accountants, organisations are forced to source and recruit foreign nationals to fill the...
Paperless vaccine rollout strategy brings data management to the fore
South Africa has taken a paperless approach to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccinations, with the Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS) being used to store and process patient information. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies EVDS also tracks these vaccines and...
Protect whistle-blowers: they are your business future
Stepping up and blowing the whistle on a corporate issue, ethics or concerning behaviour is a brave, bold move for any employee to take. It requires that someone invests their future into the courage of their convictions, taking the risk that they may face harassment...
What emigrating taxpayers need to know in 2021
South Africans emigrating to greener pastures may be prevented from leaving the country - or worse - if their application for tax clearance is denied by SARS. By Jean du Toit, head of tax technical, and Reabetswe Moloi, admitted attorney at Tax Consulting South Africa...
Defining and treating functional alcohol abuse
While most people have likely heard the term 'functional alcoholic', Thembekile Msane from the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA) says the term is not used in a clinical sense when describing Alcohol Use Disorder. "The myth of...
Working from home? You can get money back from SARS
Here's some good news if you've been working from home for the past year. You can claim a tax deduction if you worked from home for more than half of your total working hours or for more than six months during the tax year that started in March 2020. "Claim for your...
Shape corporate culture for the new world of work
Will people return to the office when it's safe to do so? Since the start of the pandemic last year, organisations and employees across the world have embraced remote work like never before. By Genevieve Koolen, human resources director at SAP Africa Office workers,...
The new working reality
We are past one-year anniversary of one of the biggest corporate shifts in recent history - the mass move to work from home strategies by companies all over the world as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. By Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings This corporate shift has...
2021 is the year your workforce will become more digital – and more human
The World Economic Forum Future of Jobs report released in October 2020 states that 84% of employers are set to rapidly digitalise working processes in 2021, including a significant expansion of remote work, or working from home (WFH). By Ryan Falkenberg, co-CEO of...
Taking colleagues with us as the world of work changes
The way we work has changed forever, and the way business operates must change too. Matt Surkont, CEO of BlueSky However, we need to make certain that we take our colleagues on this journey with us. As we look for better and more productive systems, we cannot forget...