{"id":447,"date":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","slug":"staying-compliant-with-sars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/staying-compliant-with-sars\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying on the right side of SARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"447\" class=\"elementor elementor-447\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-395d871 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"395d871\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbee4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"dbee4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Tax compliance is not the most exciting part of running a business, but falling behind with SARS can become costly quickly. Late submissions and payments attract penalties and interest, and an outstanding return can stop you getting a tax compliance status, which some clients and tenders require. Good records and a simple tax calendar prevent most problems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e9dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"f6e9dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Tidy desk with tax paperwork, calculator and laptop showing blank spreadsheet, with a small plant, evoking SARS complian\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06-430x302.jpg 430w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06-700x492.jpg 700w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/meridian-advisory-tidy-desk-with-tax-paperwork-calculator-and-laptop-00e06-180x127.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95a706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"b95a706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>We help SMEs keep track of the returns that apply to them, which may include income tax, provisional tax, VAT and payroll taxes such as PAYE, UIF and SDL. Keep invoices, bank statements and payroll records organised and backed up. If SARS sends a query, respond promptly and get advice before you reply.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accurate records and on-time submissions keep SARS penalties and stressful audits away from your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[74,84],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax","tag-guides","tag-sars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35552,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/35552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/business-consulting\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}