The National Lockdown, due to end at the end of April, presents businesses of all sizes with an unprecedented set of existential challenges. Of course sooner or later this crisis will end, but for now it is a case of survival for many businesses, and particularly for those smaller enterprises forced now to close up […]
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UK Revenue officials recently released some entertaining excuses from taxpayers: One taxpayer claimed their mother-in law was a witch and had cursed them. Some said that hamsters and dogs had eaten the post. A taxpayer was up a mountain and without internet access. Some strange expense claims were received, such as pet food for a
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Cyber criminals are daily finding new and inventive ways to breach our online defences, to hack our websites, to defraud us (and our customers, suppliers, employees and families), and to generally force us to spend more and more valuable resources on protecting ourselves. The question is, are passwords still the answer? We start off with
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No one knows for certain just how serious the eventual economic fallout from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will be, but at the very least businesses will face their most challenging times since 2008. Quite possibly it will be a lot worse. For the moment you will want to concentrate on business survival, to which end
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Dear Clients, Please find attached (see links below) the Media Statement and Explanatory Notes regarding the COVID-19 tax relief measures announced by the President last week. Somaya Khaki (Project Director: SAICA TAX) has prepared the below summary, but there are obviously important details in the attached documents. It is unclear as to when comments are
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UIF BENEFITS The Minister of Employment and Labour has announced measures that the Department will put in place as required under the current special circumstance relating to the Corona virus (COVID-19) and its impact on UIF contributors. The Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate affected workers through a new “National Disaster Benefit” and the existing Illness,
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