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No business is too small for a proper budget

Many business owners mistakenly think their operation is too small for a formal budgeting process. The budget (of sorts) that many business owners keep inside their heads is often more like a basic recipe, and is usually inadequate to deal with the constant change that every business is subject to.…
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Empowering your staff with financial knowledge pays dividends

Empowering your staff with financial knowledge pays dividends

One of the best investments any company can make is to develop and empower middle managers to take ownership of their area of the business.
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Taxpayers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday, as Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, took to the podium in parliament to allay fears of a tax hike. The government’s proposed R7 billion personal income tax relief initiative was one of the few surprises of a relatively conservative Budget Speech, which…
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Gordhan under pressure to deliver more for less in 2013 budget

Gordhan under pressure to deliver more for less in 2013 budget

With deterioration in the state of the public finances expected in the year ahead, Zweli Mabhoza, Head of Tax Services at SizweNtsalubaGobodo, South Africa’s largest black-owned audit firm, believes Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, will be looking to rein in expenditure while placating the electorate ahead of next year’s elections following…
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How outdated budgeting and forecasting methods are affecting the corporate bottom line I’ve lost count of the number of companies I’ve seen where a central office, usually the accounts department, dictates to another group of employees what their budget should be – and then acts all surprised when reality at…
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