Pick up a book As Albert Einstein once said: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them stories. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more stories.” Consider a few statistics. Ninety per cent of our children under the age of seven have no form of reading material in their…
DetailsAfzal Khan attempts to address the lack of awareness of some governmental sources of soft capital Small medium entities (SMEs) are the building blocks of an economy. According to research performed in 2010,1 91% of the entities in South Africa are SMEs, of which 61% contribute to the country’s employment statistics. Of the 91%, 52–57%…
DetailsVW Polo 1.2 TSi Manufacturer specifications: Engine 1,2L / Four-cylinder Turbo Power 66 KW Torque 160 Nm 0–100 km/h 10,8 s (claimed) Fuel consumption Average 4,9L /100 km CO2 117 g/km Price From R191 600 New is a rather relative term and many have asked what’s new with the latest Volkswagen Polo. The recently launched latest…
DetailsThe Global Accounting Alliance recently undertook research to quantify and assess the attitudes and opinions that public accountants have toward business succession and continuity planning. In this article, Bridgitte Kriel looks at the responses of SAICA members to the survey In May 2014 the Global Accounting Alliance (GAA), in cooperation with the 11 member bodies…
DetailsPule Mothibe entered the professional services industry just as the barriers for the entrance of black people into the business sector were being removed. Mothibe was also fortunate in that he joined a firm that had visionary leaders who already had a programme in place to advance and train black charterered accountants before it became…
DetailsWhat makes them different? SAICA receives a great deal of feedback from small and medium practice (SMP) firms regarding challenges and difficulties faced in the SMP environment. However, this sector of the CA(SA) industry also offers vast opportunities, especially in light of the ever-growing focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and their role in…
DetailsMake an impact Look at the lives of those who you admire … You probably think that they never encountered failure or hardship. Everything just seems perfect. But, if you look a little bit deeper, read their stories or even (if you’re lucky) talk to them, you hear how they stumbled, struggled, fell, got burned…
DetailsTo be clogged, to be ignored, to be disregarded or to be utilised? Herman Viviers takes a closer look at the tax treatment of capital losses as a result of debt relief between connected persons There are many circumstances under which different types of taxpayers could be classified as connected persons for income tax purposes.…
DetailsTendai White explains how medium-sized firms can make an impact internationally by joining associations or networks With the dominance of the larger firms, and the unstable economy, it can be difficult for South Africa’s medium-sized accountancy firms to thrive and make their presence felt. These medium-sized firms, which fit somewhere in the middle of small…
DetailsTo be clogged, to be ignored, to be disregarded or to be utilised? Herman Viviers takes a closer look at the tax treatment of capital losses as a result of debt relief between connected persons There are many circumstances under which different types of taxpayers could be classified as connected persons for income tax purposes.…
Details
