Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA) Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA)

Cash and Connections: Two Gaps Closing Your Clients’ Doors

Half of South Africa's small businesses are in distress, and most have less than a year of cash left. Yet only one in nine has spoken to an accountant in the past six months. The numbers point to two quiet killers, cash and connection, and to the one person best placed to fix both. This is the conversation your clients need you to start, and the advisory work you can charge for.

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Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA) Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA)

The One Form Standing Between Your Client and China

Your client knows China's duty is now zero. What they don't know is that the saving disappears without one stamped form, and that is exactly where most exporters get stuck. Here is the walkthrough that turns "I heard about the China scheme" into money kept in the business, and you are the advisor who delivers it.

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Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA) Eszter Rapanos, Quality Assurance, Public Sector and Publication Manager, Chartered Institute for Business Accountants (CIBA)

SACCI Flags an SME Skills Gap You Can Fill

Your SME Clients Are Stuck Between Two Gaps. Only You Can Close Them. Two new SACCI guides land on the same problem from opposite ends. Online is the only growing sales channel (+15%). Only 12.2% of SME owners feel competent in digital management. Your clients cannot fix one without the other, and you are the advisor who plans, funds and tax-structures both. Read more about how to do this in this article.

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