My grandfather taught me that if ever I needed to write a letter in anger that it was better to write it and then wait until the next day to send it – just to check that I still felt that way and that I still wanted to say the same things when the heat of the moment had passed. It was good advice…and so it is with this post… We currently complete and submit about 130 tax returns for clients and started submitting them as...

I had to make a trip to SARS in Cape Town this am to hand in the 6 paper provisional tax returns that I cant get on efiling – this is despite several email and telephonic requests to SARS to get them on e-filing. As I arrived there I was greeted by the site in the picture below… this is a many-hour queue (and it has been like this since November last year according to the SARS lady that helped me). Fortunately, I did not have to...

2010, it’s finally here… In just over 1 months time it is the end of the 2010 tax year and there are 2 important deadlines that go with this. They are: Retirement annuities: RA contributions need to be made before the end of Feb. This year the 28th is on a Sunday so all contributions will have to be done by the close of business on the 26th Feb in order to qualify for the 2010 tax year. But dont leave it to the last minute...