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Accounting and Taxation Solutions Professional Accountants (SA) and Registered Tax Practitioners.

Our mission is to render professional, effecitve and affordable accounting, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and review services to all small to medium entites, trusts, body corporates and individual taxpayers.

Could a new treasurer follow your NPO’s financial records without relying on one person’s memory?That is a practical test...
22/10/2026

Could a new treasurer follow your NPO’s financial records without relying on one person’s memory?

That is a practical test of whether the organisation’s financial systems and records are ready for
its next reporting period or audit.

NPO reporting becomes difficult when records are spread across different spreadsheets, supporting
documents are missing, funder income is coded inconsistently or historical balances cannot be trusted.

A reliable NPO accounting system should make it easier to:
● Trace transactions back to supporting documents
● Report consistently across projects and funders
● Manage access and approval responsibilities
● Preserve reliable historical financial data
● Prepare information for the board, funders and external auditors

AT Accounting can advise on Xero accounting setup with suitable CRM integrations. The team can also
assist with reconstructing historical accounting records where previous systems or record-keeping
have created reporting problems.

If your NPO’s financial records are becoming difficult to follow, learn more about AT Accounting’s
accounting and bookkeeping services:
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Planning to apply for finance? Make sure the numbers support the image you are selling.An established SME may have a perf...
20/10/2026

Planning to apply for finance? Make sure the numbers support the image you are selling.

An established SME may have a perfectly good reason for needing finance:
Equipment. Expansion. Working capital. A new opportunity.

But the application still needs financial information that explains where the business stands and
what it can responsibly support.

Requirements vary between lenders and finance products, but an established business may be asked
for:
● Recent annual financial statements
● Current management accounts
● Cash-flow forecasts
● Budgets or financial projections
● Details of existing financial commitments
● The amount required and how the funding will be used

The numbers should support the same story as the application.

If the business says it can comfortably carry the finance, the financial information should help
demonstrate why.

Preparing the information before the application begins can also help identify gaps or questions
that may need attention.

AT Accounting assists SMEs with financial reporting, management accounts, forecasts and selected
funding and grant applications.

Planning a finance application? Let's prepare the numbers behind it.
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The 2026 interim EMP501 reconciliation covers payroll from 1 March to 31 August 2026.Submissions close on 31 October 202...
15/10/2026

The 2026 interim EMP501 reconciliation covers payroll from 1 March to 31 August 2026.

Submissions close on 31 October 2026.

Do not wait until the deadline is close to check employee tax numbers and payroll data. Missing, incorrect or invalid information can delay a clean submission and leave little time to resolve validation problems.

Before submitting, employers should check:
● Employee details and Income Tax reference numbers
● Payroll data for 1 March to 31 August 2026
● PAYE, UIF and SDL figures against EMP201 declarations
● Payments made during the reconciliation period
● Any discrepancies that need to be investigated or corrected

Preparing early gives your payroll team time to identify missing information and resolve problems
before the submission deadline.

AT Accounting assists employers with outsourced payroll and EMP501 reconciliation preparation.

Learn more about AT Accounting’s outsourced payroll services:
https://f.mtr.cool/snowjkhkjp

A forecast is allowed to be wrong.Its purpose is not to predict every rand perfectly.Its value becomes clearer when actu...
13/10/2026

A forecast is allowed to be wrong.
Its purpose is not to predict every rand perfectly.

Its value becomes clearer when actual performance starts moving away from what was expected.

Maybe sales are behind plan. Maybe costs increased faster than expected. Maybe margins are stronger
than forecast. Or perhaps the business has changed enough that assumptions made three months ago
are no longer useful.

A useful forecast gives an SME owner something to compare reality against:
● Expected sales versus actual sales
● Planned costs versus actual costs
● Target margin versus actual margin
● Expected cash position versus what happened
● Original assumptions versus what the business now knows

The variance is not simply evidence that the forecast was wrong. It is useful management
information.

That information can help the owner decide whether the plan, pricing, spending or expectations need
to change.

AT Accounting assists established owner-led SMEs with budgeting, forecasting, management accounts
and practical financial decision support.

Learn more about AT Accounting's advisory services:
https://f.mtr.cool/qrr9f3q1bi

Your books may be accurate and up to date. But are your financial reports helping you plan ahead?An established business ...
08/10/2026

Your books may be accurate and up to date. But are your financial reports helping you plan ahead?

An established business can have clean bookkeeping and still lack the management information its
owner needs.

That does not necessarily mean the bookkeeper has done anything wrong. It may simply mean that the
business now needs a broader level of financial support.

You may have outgrown basic bookkeeping if you need:
● Monthly management accounts with useful context
● Budgets and forecasts compared with actual results
● Better visibility into margins, costs and cash flow
● Help testing hiring, pricing or investment decisions
● Ongoing financial guidance instead of only year-end reporting

As the business changes, the level of financial support may need to change with it.

AT Accounting supports owner-led businesses with management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and
practical business advisory.

If your reports record the past but do not help you plan the next move, explore AT Accounting’s advisory and business services:
https://f.mtr.cool/pdtadegl0r

Turnover is up. So why is there less left over?More sales do not automatically mean stronger profitability.As an establis...
06/10/2026

Turnover is up. So why is there less left over?

More sales do not automatically mean stronger profitability.

As an established owner-led SME grows, increased revenue can be absorbed by changes in pricing,
direct costs, payroll, overheads and the mix of work the business is taking on.

That can leave an owner looking at higher turnover and wondering why the financial position does not
feel stronger.

Management accounts should help you answer:
● Which parts of the business are producing the strongest margins?
● Have costs increased faster than prices?
● Is additional turnover creating more pressure on working capital?
● Are overheads growing faster than expected?
● Where has margin changed compared with previous periods?

Turnover tells you how much the business sold. It does not tell you where the money is being made.

Regular management accounts and financial analysis can help business owners understand what is
changing beneath the headline number and respond before small margin shifts become bigger problems.

AT Accounting supports established SMEs with management accounts, financial analysis, budgeting and practical business advisory.

Learn more about AT Accounting's accounting and financial reporting services: https://f.mtr.cool/f7e6cguym9

Can your business afford its fi rst employee during a slower month, not only a strong one?For a sole trader, that is the...
13/09/2026

Can your business afford its fi rst employee during a slower month, not only a strong one?
For a sole trader, that is the real fi nancial question behind hiring.

The salary is only one part of the commitment. Before employing someone, your forecast should also consider:
● The full recurring employment cost
● Equipment, software and onboarding
● Payroll registrations and employer obligations
● The additional capacity or revenue the role should create
● The effect on cash flow if income slows or a customer pays late

The question is not only, “Can I pay this person next month?”
It is, “Can the business carry this role sustainably?”

Budgeting and cash flow forecasting can help you test the decision before taking on the commitment.

AT Accounting helps sole traders and growing SMEs plan for important financial decisions, with outsourced payroll support available when they are ready to hire.

Explore AT Accounting’s advisory and business services:
https://ataccounting.co.za/advisory-business-consulting/

The right accounting software can reduce manual admin and help you see what is happening in your business.But software a...
01/09/2026

The right accounting software can reduce manual admin and help you see what is happening in your business.

But software alone does not create better systems.

If the setup does not match how the business actually works, it can create more admin, more confusion and more disconnected information.

The goal is not just to use software. The goal is to reduce manual work, improve reporting, connect the right information and make business decisions easier.

Tools like Sage Accounting, Xero and StoreHub can support growing businesses when they are set up around the workflow, reporting needs and daily routines of the business.

The right system should help you see what is happening, not add another layer of noise.

At AT Accounting, we help owner-led businesses with cloud accounting, accounting software setup, workflow setup and practical reporting structures.

Make the business easier to see.

📩 [email protected]
🌐 ataccounting.co.za

A good financial week can feel like a green light for bigger business decisions.More sales.More enquiries.More movement....
25/08/2026

A good financial week can feel like a green light for bigger business decisions.

More sales.
More enquiries.
More movement.
More confidence.

But one strong week does not always mean the business is ready for a bigger commitment.

Before hiring, buying more stock, upgrading systems, taking on a new subscription or expanding capacity, it helps to know what the business can responsibly carry.

That is where financial milestones matter.

Cash flow planning, budgeting and regular financial reviews help business owners decide when growth is sustainable, not just exciting.

The question is not only:

“Can I pay for this today?”

It is also:

“Can the business carry this next month, and the month after that?”

At AT Accounting, we help owner-led businesses make growth decisions with better numbers, better rhythm and practical business advisory support.

Set the milestone before the decision.

📩 [email protected]
🌐 ataccounting.co.za

Provisional tax feels less stressful when you know what the numbers are telling you.You know there is a deadline.You kno...
18/08/2026

Provisional tax feels less stressful when you know what the numbers are telling you.

You know there is a deadline.
You know something may be due.
You know SARS cannot simply be ignored.

But the real stress often comes from not knowing what to expect.

Provisional tax is based on an estimate, which means the quality of that estimate matters.

Your income, records, obligations and cash flow all play a role in understanding what may be due and whether the business has planned for it.

The goal is not only to submit on time.

It is to understand what may be due, why it matters, and whether the business is prepared.

When tax compliance becomes part of your normal business rhythm, it is easier to plan before the deadline becomes pressure.

At AT Accounting, we help small business owners with provisional tax, SARS submissions, tax compliance and practical planning.

Make compliance part of the rhythm.

📩 [email protected]
🌐 ataccounting.co.za

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