Dec 6, 2013
South Africa is well known for its high unemployment rates especially amongst the youth. In an attempt to reduce this, Government has proposed the implementation of the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) scheme to encourage businesses to employ young people. The Bill was...
Oct 16, 2013
All companies, small, medium and large, have to submit their SARS interim reconciliation returns for the period 1 March to 31 August 2013 before the end of this month and, should they not make the 31 October deadline, they will have to pay penalties to SARS. Sage...
Sep 25, 2013
A new decision by China to place a 6% VAT charge on freight and related costs is going to have an impact on the importing price from China. This is according to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, who says the new Chinese policy means all freight charges paid...
Sep 12, 2013
All designated employers who employ 50 or more employees or whose turnover value exceeds the annual thresholds must submit Employment Equity reports this year. Employers may deliver printed reports to their nearest Labour Centre before 01 October 2013. Manual...
Sep 4, 2013
All South African companies are required to submit their SARS interim PAYE reconciliation that is due from 01 September – 31 October 2013, including their employee tax certificates and EMP501 reconciliations for the period 01 March to 31 August 2013. Employers...