Dear Subscriber,

I have included in the newsletter, for you, a new dedicated section on interesting investment news. This week we have an article provided by HgIC Financial Coaching. The article explores issues like, how do we know we are in a bull-market, what constitutes an up-trend, how do you define a bull market and it also analyses a bull market. Click here to read more about this interesting investment news.

I know this is probably sounding like a broken record now, but marketing training has taught me that once you have advertised, read, listened to, been exposed to an idea or concept for up to six times, you are most likely to pay attention when it is mentioned again.

So, in an effort to promote compliant taxpayers don’t forget about the small business tax amnesty deadline. If you are unsure of exactly what you should be doing, or how you should be doing it, I suggest

you empower yourself by attending a course that deals in-depth with the matter.

TAXtalk's education partner, The International Tax Institute, (ITI), is presenting a tax course on: "Unpacking the Small Business Tax Amnesty"

Some of the important aspects that will be covered in this course are:

• Who does tax amnesty apply to?
• Instances where amnesty will not apply
• General requirements
• Which taxes does amnesty apply to?
• How to apply for amnesty
• What is the effect of a successful amnesty application?

The people who should attend this event are:

• Tax Practitioners
• Accountants and Auditors
• Small business owners
• Members of CC's
• Directors of non listed companies where the shares or members interests are held entirely by natural persons
• Estate executors
• Trustees and beneficiaries of trusts
• Home owners letting a 2nd (or more) homes

Make sure to make your booking NOW. Click here to get detailed information about this event.

Tax Issues
What tax issues should companies keep in mind when entering into cross-border deals with other African countries? Rendani Neluvhelani, director of international tax services at Ernst & Young will discussed this matter on Tax Issues. Click here for a summary of the full interview. Tax Issues is broadcast on Mondays at 20h40 and again at 22h40 on SUMMIT TV (DSTV CHANNEL 55).

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Until next week.
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Dee Bezuidenhout - The Practical Vat Handbook

Are you an independent broker or commission agent? Do you know how to deal with Vat; when you´re liable to register; or what is required for a valid Vat invoice?

Sean Kruger - Ernst & Young

When it comes to transfer pricing, there is a rise in regulations as government tries to stem the flow of taxation revenue leaving the country. Sean Kruger, national director of tax services at Ernst & Young discussed this issue.

eTaxJobs is a global job portal exclusively for tax professionals, and an online resource for employers and recruitment firms to advertise their vacancies. eTaxjobs operate in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and around the World.

Available tax jobs for this week are:

• Tax Seniors/Supervisors, Dubai, UAE
• European VAT Manager, GE, London, UK
• Transfer Pricing Manager, Winterthur, Switzerland
• Transfer Pricing Manager/Senior Manager, Sydney, Melbourne & Perth, Australia
• Transfer Pricing Consultants, Managers, Senior Managers, Vancouver & Calgary, Canada

Kerry Osborne - Marshall Inc

SARS is still hunting for independent contractors who are not genuinely independent but are in fact "employees".

This warning comes from Madeleine Schubert in Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys, latest Commercial News Flyer.

Interview with Rendani Neluvhelani - Ernst & Young

When South African companies do business with countries north of our borders, the tax issues can become quite complicated. Rendani Neluvhelani, director of international tax services at Ernst & Young discussed this matter on Tax Issues, broadcast on Summit TV on Monday night.

From personal individual tax to significant company tax changes - the subject is a hotly debated issue throughout South Africa's corporate environment. Tax Issues - every Monday at 20h40pm and again at 22h40pm - demystifies some of the latest developments and issues being discussed in the corridors of power. Tax Issues will cover; The impact of pending new tax laws on individuals and companies, The capital gains tax debate, New SARS initiatives to collect tax Changes to tax benefits, The VAT vs personal tax debate.

Brett Scott - HGIC Financial Coaching

How do we know this? Well, firstly a bull market tends to be associated with increasing investor confidence. By way of anecdotal evidence, albeit a “sample of one”, an “investor” called us to find out how he could start investing his money because the time was right, now that the market is running.

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