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 7 July – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 24 July – VAT manual submissions and payments 30 July – Excise Duty payments 31 July – VAT electronic submissions and payments 31 July – CIT Provisional Tax

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 There has been a surge in internet scams over the past three months – from malware, phishing and ransomware to obtaining your log-in details. Take extra precautions such as dual authorisations for payment, carefully validate new beneficiaries and

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 Many trends that emerged in the lockdown period will almost certainly continue post Covid-19. Technology, for example, has received a huge boost with products like Zoom now household names. One thing we shouldn’t forget is that periods of

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 There is usually an upsurge in giving when there is a severe crisis. COVID-19 is no exception – witness the outpouring of help for vulnerable people who face lockdown without income or food.  This reaction is to be

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 “Death, taxes, and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them” (Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind)  This year’s tax season will unfold in a different manner to previous years. These changes have been driven by

Article by Business Partners Ltd.   23 June 2020: On Wednesday, 24 June, Minister Mboweni will table the Special Adjustment Budget, which has come about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing national lockdown. With certain sectors of the economy still struggling to get back on their feet, there is

- CHRIS FAUL A few years ago, I did a presentation to 126 optometrists on business matters. To kick proceedings off, I conducted a simple survey, and as it turned out 74% of the room confessed that they did not know what their net profit was for the previous financial year.

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 5 June – Monthly PAYE submissions and payments 25 June – VAT manual submissions and payments 28 June – Excise Duty payments 30 June – VAT electronic submissions and payments 30 June – CIT Provisional Tax Payments where applicable.

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 “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” (Vladimir Lenin, who would have known!) In a recent seminar, the President of Microsoft, Brad Smith, gave his thoughts on what is unfolding in business

- Chris Faul This article does not attempt to turn the reader into a web site designer or a digital marketer, it merely serves to convey the importance of setting up a functional website and to better understand how organic search and paid ads work.  The main function of a web site