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The BGR team enjoyed a great day out at Grand West on 12 July!
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Youth Employment Tax Incentive Extended for Ten Years
Here’s some good news on a win/win/win scenario for businesses (big and small), young work-seekers, and South Africa generally. Everyone will be happy to learn that government’s initiative to encourage increased youth employment, the Employment Tax Incentive or ETI (commonly also referred to as the “Youth Employment Tax Incentive”), has now been extended for
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How tax returns will be easier this year, and should you file if you earn under R500,000?
The dreaded Tax Season is once more upon us, and you’ve probably picked up news of the increased R500,000 personal income tax threshold to replace the previous one of R350,000. What does that mean for you in practice and what are the limitations and provisos applicable? Be careful here – even if you qualify for
QUICK WINS TO GET OUR ECONOMY GOING AGAIN
We all know that our economy needs a major boost. Business Confidence is down again, and last year’s mood of optimism is rapidly fading. The silver lining is that if we can just turn those trends around and start on a path of increasing economic activity, both jobs and a rise in GDP will follow.
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TAX AND SOLAR ENERGY PLANTS: YOUR BUSINESS CAN DEDUCT THE COSTS UPFRONT
Solar power is often touted as a key factor in reducing the environmental damage we are inflicting on our environment. South Africans will also be looking for ways to reduce the very serious impact of loadshedding, which regrettably seems likely to continue plaguing both our business and personal lives for some time to come. The
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EMPLOYERS – NEED REDUCING STAFF CONFLICT WITH EMPLOYEE RIGHTS?
As a director you have both the power and the duty to manage your organisation in its best interests. What happens though if you need to consider the possibility of retrenching staff for operational requirements? How does that tie in with the very extensive rights afforded to your employees by our labour legislation? A recent
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THE CIPC IS TAKING ON WRONGDOING BY DIRECTORS – A R4.3BN EXAMPLE
As a director, you are held by the Companies Act to high standards of conduct, not to be taken lightly. Now the CIPC, despite often being perceived as having no more than an administrative and recording function, is showing that it has teeth and that it will use them. We look at how the CIPC
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EXPAT TAX: HOW WILL THE CHANGES AFFECT YOU?
South African expatriates have until now enjoyed a “183/60” tax exemption in respect of foreign income. That will change with new legislation recently passed, and forward planning is important here. So if you yourself aren’t a working expatriate but know someone who is (a relative, friend or colleague perhaps) please think of passing this article
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VAT Taxpayers: New Relief on Correcting Tax Invoices
Issuing accurate tax invoices is vital, but the reality is that every now and then errors will inevitably creep in. It has always been possible to issue credit or debit notes to correct calculable errors. But, because the VAT Act prohibits the issuing of more than one tax invoice per taxable supply, until recently there was
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Budget 2019: Credibility Restored?
“Houston, we have a problem”. It’s called Eskom, and plans for its rescue were a main focus of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget 2019 Speech. Although we’ve seen the Eskom crisis coming for a long time, it could now be entering a critical phase. It’s important for us all to understand the consequences if Moody’s,
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