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This Week We Celebrated Turning 28!!
Happy 28th Birthday MD!!! I just want to take this opportunity to Thank all the members of our fantastic team, present and past, all our Amazing and Loyal Clients and the wider Network of people and institutions that work with us which has made this possible. To...
Happy Boss’s Day, Alexis and Dave!
We just wanted to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for the incredible leaders you've been to our entire team. Your dedication, passion, and commitment to excellence have not only built a successful business but also inspired us all to...
28 Years of Partnerships
October Birthday – Congratulations William!
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Congratulations to Saadiqah on finishing her Tax Self Study course with amazing results!
Adapt or Suffer: How to Keep Your Business Afloat in a Changing Climate
“Taking bold action on climate change simply makes good business sense. It's also the right thing to do for people and the planet.” (Richard Branson) Climate change impacts the fundamentals of business operations. Rising heat affects productivity, floods and storms...
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...
MD Newsletter
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!
Congratulations to Danie Haumann on his AGA Qualification
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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...
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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...