Make Meeting Compliance Deadlines Your New Year’s Resolution

Compliance is easy to ignore when nothing is going wrong. Deadlines feel routine, forms look familiar, and “we’ll do it later” sounds harmless. Until a SARS letter arrives, a company is deregistered, an employee cannot claim benefits, or a data breach exposes client information. Missed compliance deadlines are not small admin errors. They trigger penalties, audits, reputational damage, and in some cases, the end of a practice. This article explains why compliance discipline is no longer optional, where accountants get caught out most often, and how making deadlines non-negotiable can protect your clients, your reputation, and your income.