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SARS Cuts 2018 Tax Season By One Month

SARS recently announced on its website that it has shortened the 2018 tax season for non-provisional taxpayers by one month. The 2018 tax season for non-provisional taxpayers will start on 01 July 2018 and end on 31 October 2018 for all taxpayers who are submitting their returns via e-filing. Taxpayers who manually submit their tax […]

Document Retention and Archiving – Legal Requirements.

Below is a quick summary of important documentation retention periods you need to apply: It is very easy – For the summary look at the Green Heading and the Red period below It is also VERY important that all ITCs invest in a Back-Up Process for all documents as well as for the PC Hard […]

Remember to PCI DSS Compliant

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Remember to PCI DSS Compliant [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]PCI DSS Compliance is on everyone’s lips at the moment.  In a nutshell, PCI DSS is a method to securely store and use your clients’ credit card information thereby reducing any potential risk. It is vital that the credit card information is stored in such a way […]

The threat of fraud is real

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] The threat of fraud is real [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fraud is rife within the Travel Industry worldwide. Unfortunately, it seems that South Africa, in particular, has become a likely target for shady transactions. It’s crucial that we are aware of potential threats at all times with most of us being inundated with “spam” emails on […]

We’ve hit the R1bn Mark

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]It was 12 years ago that my dream of eTravel one day becoming a Billion Rand Entity was turned into a goal. Remember that a goal is merely a “Dream with a Deadline”. In 2004, eTravel generated R198m for the 12 months ending June 30, 2004, and at that stage I believed so strongly in the […]

The view from Garth…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The eTravel fiscal that started in July 2015 got off to a very slow start, which was expected considering current market conditions and SA’s political turmoil! By November (5 months in) we found ourselves up by just over 3% which was a little off what we had budgeted yet with all the hard work […]