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Employment Equity for Non-Designated Employers
If you employ less than 50 employees, you would most likely not have needed to register for Employment Equity (EE) in the past. However, under Chapter II of the EE Act, non-designated employers (employ less than 50 employees) still have important responsibilities: You...
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Management Accounts: A Strategic Tool for Business Success
“Accounting is the language of business.” (Warren Buffett) Increasingly, banks and other organisations are requiring businesses to submit up-to-date management accounts when applying for finance. This is because these compact financial reports enable business analysis...
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October 2025
“I Don’t Have a Will because…”
With Compliments Excuses, Excuses: Why People Don’t Make Wills, And Why You Must “All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” (William Shakespeare, in Hamlet) Master’s Office records suggest that less than a third of us leave behind a...
Your Tax Deadlines for October 2025
07 October – Monthly Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) submissions and payments 20 October – End of Filing Season 2025 for Individual taxpayers 24 October – Value-Added Tax (VAT) manual submissions and payments 30 October – Excise Duty payments 31 October – VAT electronic...
We welcome George to the MD Team
Welcome to the MD Team, George Matlokotsi! We wish you every success in your role at MD as a Senior Auditor. We look forward to working with you. Have a great first day, with many more to come!
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Excuses, Excuses: Why People Don’t Make Wills, And Why You Must
“It’s easy to find excuses for doing nothing about a will, with surveys conducted both locally and overseas suggesting that people’s failure to act is normally rooted in one or more of these common excuses: Contact Dave Rich or Alexis Sacks to update your Wealth...
Happy Rosh Hashanah
L'Shanah Tovah Tikateivu! To Alexis and Family, Friends, Clients and Colleagues 🍎🍯🙏
SARS EMP501 Interim Submission – August 2025 period
The Bi-annual August 2024 PAYE reconciliation period is from 22 September 2025 - 31 October 2025. All employers must prepare and submit their declaration (EMP501) and employees’ IRP5’s to SARS reconciling the PAYE/SDL/UIF paid during the period 1 March 2025 to 31...
Thank you MD for your Kind Donation
Dear Samantha, Alexis, Dave, Associates, and everyone at MD I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to you and your team for your generous donation. Your support made it possible for us to send letters of appreciation and assistance on your behalf to the...
The Emotion-Based Money Decisions That Could Be Costing Your Business
“Financial planning causes a struggle between the rational brain and the emotional brain.” (Michael C. Finke, author of Money Management Skills) You didn’t start your business to become a psychologist. But understanding the way emotions creep into your decisions could...
The Roxy Davis Foundation – From Khaye to Cali
We are proud to be associated with and to support the Roxy Davis Foundation with their remarkable work to assist disabled surfing athletes achieve their dreams of competing in Para Surfing competitions. Roxy and her team inspire and uplift these athletes from...
Reminder >>> MD SEPTEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER | In This Month’s Issue >>>
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Top Complaints Against SARS – And How We Help You Avoid Them
“He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes were worse, because at least death didn’t happen to you every year.” (Terry Pratchett) In SARS jargon, a ‘systemic issue’ is the underlying cause of a complaint that affects many taxpayers. These systemic issues may...
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Your Tax Deadlines for September 2025
05 September – PAYE submissions and payments 25 September – VAT manual submissions and payments 29 September – Excise duty payments 30 September – VAT electronic submissions and payments, CIT Provisional Tax payments and PIT top-up Provisional Tax payment where...
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What’s the Difference Between a Bookkeeper and an Accountant?
“Finance is effectively the rhythm section of a company. It creates the company cadence that every company needs.” (John Baule, CPA and ecommerce expert) You can’t grow a business without a clear handle on your numbers. But too many business owners still confuse...
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Wills Month 2025: How to Have the Last Word
“Life is short, there is no time to leave important words unsaid." (Paulo Coelho, Author) Having “the last word” is defined as having “the final decision-making power or authority in a matter.” South Africans have the right to have the last word about how their assets...
NB: September 2025 Monthly Newsletter >>> “Wills Month 2025: How to Have the Last Word…”
With Compliments We recently received the article below from CDH Attorneys, and it reminded us of the dangers of running your own business that we often forget to plan for in our focus on the day-to-day running of the business. Because we think that...
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