SARS has imposed administrative non-compliance penalties on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers this year, following recent changes to the admin penalty rules. Once-off and especially recurring penalties quickly add up to a significant tax debt, and also lead to a non-compliant tax status and tax refunds being withheld.

Here's what to do if you already have accumulated an admin penalty tax debt and how to avoid these admin penalties going forward. 

You have had your bright idea, saved up for months, and finally quit your 9-to-5 to run your own business. You have worked out the finances carefully but it’s still possible you have missed something.

Starting a business can be surprisingly expensive, and much of this is down to a variety of hidden expenses. Failure to plan for these unknown costs can put a severe dent in the growth trajectory of your company. Here are the nine most common costs that entrepreneurs don’t plan for.

At some point over the many years of submitting returns and paying taxes, individual and corporate taxpayers will have grounds to dispute an assessment or decision from SARS. Fortunately, there are clear dispute resolution rules that guide both the taxpayer and SARS in resolving these disputes. 

Earlier this year, some changes were made to SARS’ dispute resolution rules, and in this article we briefly summarise the most important changes and provide reminders of crucial issues that remain unchanged.