We spend a third of our lives sleeping, so you should make it a magnificent experience. Since the foundation of Coco-Mat in 1989, they have been pursuing one goal: to offer customers the best possible natural sleep solution. It is a proven fact that only when one is well rested and naturally rejuvenated after a…
Dana Pretorius co-founded Outsourced CFO (OCFO) in early 2014 and has been director of the business for the last seven years. OCFO is an innovative financial consulting firm that makes CA expertise available to growing SMEs at affordable sliding scales as and when their businesses require it. Dana has a passion for the development of…
After completing her tertiary education in Zimbabwe, Angella relocated to South Africa in 2009 to pursue her dream of qualifying as a chartered accountant. This was not a seamless process, as she spent two years working as a bar waitress and part-time lecturer to raise funds for her CTA and attempting to secure a training…
The 26th of August marks Women’s Equality Day, which focuses on forging a gender-equal world, celebrating women’s successes, and raising awareness of historic and present bias. There’s a lot of discussion around women in the workplace and underrepresentation in industry — 5% of U.S. ownership in the tech industry is women, and only 2.9% of…
Pre the COVID-19 pandemic the insurance industry was already dealing with large-scale regulatory changes, implementing IFRS 17, and repositioning insurers for changing customer needs. The added complexity of the pandemic has certainly not helped the sleeping patterns of insurance executives. Whilst the economic strain of the pandemic is clear to see, there are some positives…
While the 2017 FICA Amendment Act, which came into effect of 1 April 2019, sought to fix problematic clauses within the FICA Act, it has real-world consequences for accountable institution. Regulatory changes by the state and the agencies acting on their behalf have become a status quo for financial institutions, adding to their already onerous…
Mario Fazekas, a certified forensic auditor, presented a webcast1 in which he provided an overview of the auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud using ISA 240, The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements (ISA 240), as the outline. The key messages from the webcast are summarised in a two-part article series.…
‘If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading’ – Lao Tzu. This quotation opens the book by Rosamund Stone Zander titled Pathways to possibility. It captures the nature of life – the ever-present force of chance and how our relation to ourselves, others and the world determines the meaning…
’Future-proofing’ may just sound like a new buzz phrase but there is some real substance to the ideas behind the term. What it means to future-proof something is to make it sustainable, able to last beyond the present moment, and withstand change and fluctuations. In a world that is increasingly focused on sustainability, it is…
TAX Specialist On 24 June 2020, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tabled a supplementary budget necessitated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. This budget introduced adjustments to the original budget tabled in February 2020 and formalised the two tax bills which provide relief to taxpayers in response to COVID-19. Furthermore it sets…