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Accounting And Compliance Blog For Businesses
Expert Guidance On Financial Management And Regulations
Staying informed on accounting, compliance, and financial management is key to running a successful business. Our collection of articles covers essential topics from regulatory updates to strategic planning, helping businesses and families navigate financial responsibilities and build lasting wealth with confidence.
Please note: our articles are shared for general information and educational purposes only and should not be considered professional financial or legal advice.
Taxation of Trusts in South Africa
Trusts have become a familiar feature of estate planning and wealth management in South Africa. Families use them to safeguard assets, provide for...
Why Offshore Wealth Structures Matter for South Africans
For many South Africans, protecting wealth is as challenging as building it. The value of the rand can shift dramatically, years of growth can be...
Family Trusts In South Africa Help Protect And Manage Assets
Families often look for ways to secure their wealth and protect future generations from financial uncertainty. In South Africa, a family trust can...
Estate Planning Strategies For South African Families
Estate planning is an important part of preparing for the future, yet it is often left until late in life. When there is no clear plan, families may...
How to calculate Markup percentage
Markup is the difference between a product’s selling price and its cost. It is typically expressed as a percentage of the cost, known as markup...
Xero Accounting Software And Why Small Business Should Use It
What is Xero Accounting? Xero Accounting Software is your comprehensive cloud-based solution for effortless financial management. It simplifies...
Indications That Your Company Is Ready To Outsource Its Accounting
The benefits to outsource accountingIndications That Your Company is ready to outsource accountingGrowing Complexity in Accounting ProcessesLimited...
Virtual CFO Services: For your Small to Medium Enterprise
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face unique financial challenges that require specialized attention. However, SMEs often lack the resources to...
What is Dext receipt bank and why use it?
When it comes to supplier invoices and receipt management, many people will tell you that it’s one of the most loathed aspects of their business and...
What is meant by Accountants Taxation Services
Everyone wants to pay less tax. No one can dispute that. It’s an achievable goal for many, but there are two ways to do it, and only one of those...
Spotlight Reporting integration with Xero
Spotlight Reporting is the award-winning reporting and forecasting application for the Xero Accounting Package. (Winner of the App Partner of the...
POPI Compliance For South African Businesses
POPIA compliance affects every part of how South African businesses manage personal data. It requires more than written policies. Businesses must...
Solvency and Liquidity – Introduction
Section 4 of the Companies Act specifically deals with solvency and liquidity and requires the test to be performed under several circumstances. But...
What is meant by Statutory Audit Services
When do you require statutory audit services Statutory audit services apply when there are certain points and areas of statutory compliance that...
What is meant by Accountants Financial Services
Financial Services describes extensive and diverse portfolio or services offered by financial institutions and accountants. Some grow your money,...
What is meant by Added Value Accountants Services
Financial Health is achieved through many steps and processes, many intertwined with each other and involving financially informed documentation and...
What is meant by Family Wealth Services?
Family Wealth refers to inter-generation wealth (or ‘generational family wealth’). It’s the financial legacy you’ve been left by your parents, that...
What is meant by Cloud Accounting Services?
While accounting will always involve the same mathematical principles and goals, how we do the math, why and when for the math, and for whom we do...
What is meant by Accountants Assurance Services?
Some Key Financial Assurance Services for all size and types of companies and organisations – but first:What is Assurance - and what does assurance...
What are Client Financial Management Services?
Client Financial Management spans the nitty-gritties of day-to-day cash management (cash-flow management), through to accurate financial statements...
What are Client Accounting Services?
Since all company financials needs to be ultimately submitted to an accountant for tax filing, it makes sense for business to make use of...
Expat Tax starting 1 March 2020 for SA
Starting March 1st, 2020, South Africa’s new Expat Tax laws come into effect. What does this mean for SA citizens living and working abroad? Here...
Does a shareholder agreement override articles?
A shareholders agreement no longer overrides a company’s articles of association, as it once did, when it came to the terms of agreements between...
Making company restructuring work for your company
Company restructuring comes with risks. Do it properly it and your business restructuring can boost your bottom line. It can also secure an...
The Benefits of having a Business Budget
What can a professionally tailored and managed budget do for your business? The answer is – everything! We are all aware of the importance of...
Budgets are essential for business financial health
At TAT Accounting, we know that financial preparation through budgeting is the key to long term business success. Budgeting gives decision-makers...
What does a company independent review mean?
Independent reviews are used between audits, or in place of audits for smaller companies. They are quicker, and when using an outside accounting...
Real estate valuation and what you should know
A real estate valuation is a good way to put a property value to your home (or homes) and other real estate. You don’t need to be selling to do a...
When does an agreement to sell become a sale?
An agreement to sell starts off with negotiations on the price, terms and conditions of sale. Once agreed on by buyer and seller, the ‘sale...
Never take your eyes off cash flow,
because it’s the lifeblood of business
Richard Branson