The deadline for businesses to submit their manuals on how to access their records, as required by the Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000 (PAIA) is fast approaching.

During July, the general index was 9.6% higher than the corresponding month a year ago but when the quarterly figures are compared, the picture changes as the general index declined to 2.2%.

1 July 2011 marked the start of the 2010/1 Tax Season, when more than four million taxpayers will start submitting their annual income tax returns to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a convenient way of measuring and comparing the size of national economies. Annual GDP represents the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. Put differently:

According to the latest quarterly ABSA housing survey for the first three months of 2011, fewer South Africans are able to take advantage of the current favourable market housing conditions.

South African unemployment is a major social, economic and political issue. The high rate of unemployment is one of the basic causes of poverty in the country which is aggravated by the disparity in the uneven distribution of wealth and income.

It is that time of the year again! Log books must be updated and maintained for employees and individuals receiving a travel allowance as well as employees who receive a company car fringe benefit.

A great deal of publicity has been given to matters relating to audits and some of the frequently used audit terms applied to entities.

It is mainly the "little people" who really pay the taxes. In his book "Understanding the Economy". former UNISA Economics Professor Philip Mohr poses the question: Who really pays the taxes?

Keynote address by the President of Master Builders South Africa at the Building Industry Crisis Summit held on Kempton Park on 9 February 2011.