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Your Clients Do Not Need a Faster Accountant. They...

Most practices are chasing efficiency with AI. The bigger opportunity is sitting at the client bound...


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Is It Really a Verification? Challenging Process C...

Tax Practitioners protect taxpayer rights by ensuring SARS follows the correct process. Understandin...


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Is a Career in Tax Still Worth It in 2026?

Wondering if tax is still a good career in 2026? Discover salary potential, job demand, career growt...


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Can I Study Tax Online from Anywhere in South Afri...

Discover how you can study accredited tax courses online from anywhere in South Africa.


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Can I Study Tax While Working Full Time?

Discover flexible online tax courses, study tips, and qualifications that fit around your career.


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Which Tax Course is Right for You Based on Your Ca...

Choosing the right tax course is not simply about selecting the highest qualification. The best cour...


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What's the Easiest Way to Start a Career in Tax in...

Looking to start a career in tax in South Africa? Learn the easiest way to begin, explore study path...


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2026 Draft TLAB: Key Changes for Businesses

2026 Draft Tax Bills: Key changes to CFCs, dividend stripping, interest deductions and VAT could imp...


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Section 99 prescription: When can SARS reopen a ta...

Meiring Citrus highlights Section 99 prescription. Non-disclosure can extend SARS’s assessment perio...


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No Taxation Without Representation

The article calls for greater parliamentary oversight of VAT changes, balancing fiscal flexibility w...


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Managing cash flows through Customs warehousing

The storage of goods under Customs control, and the manufacture of specified goods in rebate stores,...


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Your Next Fifty Clients Are Already Sitting in Som...

Referrals are the biggest source of new business in the profession, and almost nobody runs them deli...


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The Compromise Request SARS Cannot Ignore

When a taxpayer accepts a SARS assessment but cannot pay the resulting tax debt in full, practitione...


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Plan your compromise process carefully

Key takeaway: A compromise should not be signed until all relevant tax years, disputed assessments a...


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Cross Border Transactions and Tax Implications

An inter-company loan from a foreign holding company can defer a foreign exchange loss under section...


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SAIT-Accredited Tax Courses: What You Need to Know

This guide explains SAIT's role, how professional tax education works in South Africa, and how to ch...


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CIPC accepted it. That does not make it correct.

The trust sitting in your client’s shareholding is the most likely reason their beneficial ownership...


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RLA is here to stay

As part of Customs modernisation, the Registration, Licensing and Accreditation (RLA) platform has b...


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VDP and Interest Remittance: Practical Guidance Fo...

A taxpayer should not wait for perfect administrative clarity before protecting a possible claim for...


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The Human Who Signs: The South African tax profess...

The tax profession is being redefined by AI and SARS modernisation. Discover why the future belongs...


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Going digital is not the hard part. Getting your t...

Most accounting firms know their manual processes are costing them. Fewer know exactly where. And al...


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Valuation of goods for customs purposes not always...

All goods entering and leaving South Africa must be declared at a value determined in terms of the C...


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Recruiting Work Ready Staff: Why Most Firms Get It...

Most firms don’t struggle because they can’t find good people. They struggle because they start hiri...


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Improving Fee Collection and Cashflow

Sales are vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is king. It’s a popular saying, you have almost certain...


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