ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 Small businesses across South Africa face the challenge of keeping their best staff and skills during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that they can survive these hard times and can thrive when the economy picks up again. For

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 “Given the nature of the crisis, all hands should be on deck, all available tools should be used” (Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank) Working from home is possible Ever since the creation of the internet employees

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 1 September – Starting date for online filing 1 September - Branch filing - Taxpayers who cannot file electronically 1 September - Start date - Provisional taxpayers who file electronically 7 September - Monthly PAYE submissions

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 “Creating an environment in which SMMEs can thrive is inextricably linked to creating conditions in which all businesses can thrive.” (National Treasury, 2019 Economic Strategy document) The VCC (Venture Capital Companies) incentive allows a holder of shares to

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 “All great changes are preceded by chaos. The disruption we see in the world is the prelude to emergence.” (Deepak Chopra) The greatest innovation is created in times of chaos. Many successful business stories began during times of

7 August – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 25 August – VAT manual submissions and payments 28 August – Excise Duty payments 31 August – VAT electronic submissions and payments 31 August – CIT Provisional Tax Payments where applicable 31 August – Personal Income Tax Provisional Payments.

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 Globally, governments are responding to the vast amounts of information flooding into the public domain due to the growth in companies like Amazon, Facebook and Twitter. As much of this information is personal, POPIA seeks to regulate

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 Driving licence test centres were closed during the lockdown and even prior to that centres were running behind in renewing driver’s licences and testing first time driver’s licence applicants. The Minister of Transport recognised these difficulties and gave

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute” (Will Rogers) Whilst many employees enjoy working from home, this is a time of uncertainty for them. They read of people

ARTICLE COURTESY OF LDP Tel: 021 888 5600 | Fax: 021 888 5697/8 e-mail : info@ldp.co.za | Web site : www.ldp.co.za 10 Helderberg Street, Stellenbosch, 7600 "We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly