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SARS Filing Season 2026: What Our Clients Need to Know
With the 2026 SARS Filing Season now underway, I wanted to take a moment to share the key dates and explain how the PPHC Global team will be supporting you through the process this year. The Key Dates SARS has confirmed that auto-assessments are being issued between 1...
How Cloud Accounting can transform your Business Finances
Discover how cloud accounting helps SMEs save time, cut errors, and future-proof finances. Learn benefits, features, and migration best practices. The Shift from Spreadsheets to Cloud For many years, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) relied on spreadsheets or...
Benefits of Cloud-Based Accounting Systems
How is Cloud-Based Accounting Systems relevant to my Business? Times are changing fast and so have the way in which we run our businesses. We are constantly looking for new ways to improve our business to achieve efficiency without sacrificing quality. We look for...
Beneficial Ownership Requirement
We would like to inform you about the implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirement and the implications of South Africa being placed on the grey list by the global financial crime watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). It is crucial to understand...
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) assistance
We would like to provide you with important information regarding the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and how we can assist you in ensuring compliance and resolving issues that may arise. Please take a moment to review the following details. 1. What is UIF? The UIF...
Solar Tax Rebate: The Devil is in The Detail
Solar Tax Rebate: The Devil is in The Detail In the recent budget speech, it was announced that private households will receive a tax rebate of 25% of the cost of solar power. However, on closer inspection of the detail, private individuals need to note the following:...
Limitation on Utilising Tax Loss
Together with the reduction in the Income Tax rate (from 28% to 27%), SARS implemented a limitation on the usage of a tax loss brought forward. This will apply to all companies with a year end from 31 March 2023, and therefore most companies will only see the impact...
Home Office Expenses
What is home office expenses? Home office expenses are those expenses that relates to a person using an office to work from at his place of residence. SARS allows some of the expenses relating to your home to be tax deductible on...
SARS Penalties on outstanding returns
A few years ago, SARS commenced the loading of monthly penalties on individual taxpayers who had overdue Income tax returns. This was later extended to companies and now also cover outstandingPAYE returns. A new penalty For a number of years, the Income Tax Act made...
CIPC Compliance: Directors
The shareholders of a company appoint directors to manage the company affairs. These directors have a statutory duty towards the company and must always act in the best interest of the company. How many directors must a company have? All Public and Non-Profit...