Tax

When Growth Is a Tax Problem

Growth feels like progress. Sales increase, staff numbers rise, and profit improves. Yet each of these shifts changes your tax position. Here we examine how business expansion can trigger VAT obligations, higher provisional tax payments, payroll risk, structural strain, and cash flow pressure. Then we discuss what small business owners…
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New VAT Thresholds: Thinking of Deregistering?

The recent increases in the compulsory VAT registration threshold to R2.3 million and in the voluntary registration threshold to R120,000 are widely welcomed. It will certainly ease the administrative burden on small businesses and the strain on their cash flow. Businesses that do not exceed the higher threshold on 1…
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15% Global Minimum Tax (GMT) Goes Live at SARS

The global minimum tax (GMT) – called an “agreement that will really change the world” – will be implemented in South Africa by SARS in 2026/27. While it may not impact your business directly, it should ultimately reduce your share of the tax burden by ensuring all multinational enterprises (MNEs)…
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Budget 2026: What it Means for You and Your Business

Taxpayers will enjoy long-awaited tax relief with much good news contained in the 2026 Budget. It scrapped the previously announced R20 billion in tax increases, and instead provides relief for taxpayers, assists small businesses and encourages savings by adjusting various tax brackets, caps and limits. There is also real optimism…
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Budget 2026: Your Tax Tables and Tax Calculator

Budget 2026 has brought long-overdue relief to taxpayers by not imposing VAT or income tax hikes and by adjusting the tables for tax rates, rebates and credits for inflation. Of course, some tax hikes were always going to happen: inflation-linked increases on sin taxes took effect on 25 February already…
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Your Tax Deadlines for March 2026

06 March – PAYE submissions and payments 25 March – VAT manual submissions and payments 30 March – Excise duty payments 31 March – End of the 2025/6 Financial year, VAT electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional Tax payments where applicable.
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Your Tax Deadlines for February 2026

06 February – PAYE submissions and payments 25 February – VAT manual submissions and payments 26 February – Excise duty payments 27 February – VAT electronic submissions and payments, CIT Provisional Tax payments where applicable and PIT Second Provisional Tax payments for the 2026 year of assessment.
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Your Tax Deadlines for January 2026

07 January – PAYE submissions and payments 19 January – End of Filing Season 2025 for Provisional Taxpayers and End of Filing Season 2025 for Trusts 23 January – VAT manual submissions and payments               29 January – Excise duty payments 30 January – VAT electronic submissions and payments & CIT…
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