Services · Tax Compliance & Advisory

Tax that protects your cash — and your eligibility.

Penalties, interest and unresolved SARS disputes quietly drain the cash you have already earned. A non-compliant tax status locks you out of tenders and supply chains. We keep you compliant, defended and planning ahead.

The problem we solve

For most SMEs, tax is anxiety — not strategy.

Missed deadlines attract penalties and interest that compound quietly in the background. An underestimated provisional tax payment triggers penalties months later. An unresolved SARS dispute can escalate until accounts are frozen. And because your tax compliance status is now checked electronically by tender boards, enterprise supplier programmes and large customers, a single lapse can disqualify you from your fastest growth channels — often without you knowing until it is too late.

Businesses trading across borders face a second layer: withholding taxes, permanent establishment risk and transfer pricing rules that most small practices never see. We work with them daily.

What poor tax management costs you

  • Penalties and interest that erode hard-earned cash
  • Disqualification from tenders and supplier programmes
  • SARS assessments, audits and frozen refunds
  • Tax surprises that wreck cash flow planning
  • Overpaying because no one planned your affairs
What we do

Full tax coverage, from filing to defence to planning.

Compliance

  • Income tax, provisional tax, VAT and PAYE submissions via eFiling
  • Dividends tax, directives and payroll tax reconciliations
  • Tax registrations: income tax, VAT, PAYE
  • Tax clearance and compliance status management

SARS engagement & disputes

  • Objections and appeals, prepared and argued
  • Responses to SARS verifications and audits
  • Penalty remission applications
  • Ongoing follow-up until the matter is closed

Planning & structuring

  • Tax planning to legitimately minimise your liability
  • Identifying credits and incentives you qualify for
  • Remuneration and dividend planning for owners
  • Tax budgeting so payments never surprise you

Cross-border & transfer pricing

  • Transfer pricing advisory for intra-group transactions
  • Cross-border structuring for African expansion
  • Withholding tax and treaty relief guidance
  • Led by a practitioner managing tax across African and Middle East regions
Why it matters

How this grows your business.

Protect your cash

Compliance protects money you have already earned — no penalties, no interest, no surprise assessments. Proactive planning means tax is budgeted, not discovered.

Stay tender-ready

A clean tax compliance status keeps you eligible for government tenders and enterprise supplier programmes — among the fastest growth channels available to South African SMEs.

Expand with certainty

Cross-border and transfer pricing advice lets you take your business into new African markets without creating tax exposures that surface years later.

Who leads this work

Registered practitioners, real SARS experience.

Our tax practice is led by Kagiso Skhosana (PA(SA), PTP(SA)) — an 18-year tax and treasury professional who manages tax across Southern, Central, East and West Africa and the Middle East, with deep PKF-built experience in SARS objections, disputes and audits. As SAIT-registered tax practitioners, we are recognised by SARS as your official representatives.

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Common questions

SARS has raised an assessment we disagree with. Is it too late?
Usually not — objections and appeals run to defined timelines, and late objections can be considered with good cause. The sooner we see the assessment, the more options you have.

We have unfiled returns from prior years. Where do we start?
With a full compliance diagnostic. We quantify the exposure, bring filings current, and negotiate penalty remission where grounds exist. Voluntary correction is always cheaper than discovery.

Can you handle both our accounting and our tax?
Yes — and it works better that way. When one team prepares the numbers and the returns, your financial statements and tax positions never contradict each other.

Next step

Get ahead of SARS, permanently.

Start with a compliance health check — we will map every registration, return and risk, and give you a clear plan to green status.

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