SARS Announces Changes To The 2025 Tax Season

Let’s be honest, tax season is the worst season, but SARS will always get its pound of flesh, so it’s worth knowing what’s new this year.
Wednesday Morning Spice

Most of Europe is battling their hottest days, Study shows 14 million people can die from US foreign aid cuts, 1,200 Aussie children have to test for STIs after carer’s alleged sexual abuse, and Orlando Bloom takes to Instagram after split with Katy Perry.
Friday Morning Spice

UK to roll out chemical castration for sex offenders, Trump’s evidence of ‘white genocide’ contains images from DRC, How Cape Town murder and rape convicts ‘vanished’ from jail, and Taylor Swift wishes she never met Blake Lively after being dragged into Justin Baldoni drama.
SARS Means Business This Year – How To Not Be The Payroll Sucker Who Gets Caught Out

SARS is coming with auditors, algorithms, and attitude, so make sure your payroll isn’t the weakest link.
Cape Town Businesswoman Bags Suspended Sentence After Playing Hide-and-Seek With SARS

When it comes to tax, dodging deadlines isn’t a strategy — just ask Fiona Mutongwizo, who learned the hard way why having excellent accountants on speed dial is worth every cent.
SARS Is Done Playing Nice With The Likes Of Temu And Shein

This isn’t about red tape, it’s about telling global giants that South Africa isn’t their bargain basement.
Thanks A Trillion, Taxpayers! SARS Beats Estimate With R1.855 Trillion In Revenue

SARS was smiling all the way to your bank thanks to improved tax compliance among South Africa’s 32 million registered taxpayers.
Friday Morning Spice

Zelensky headed for state visit to South Africa, Cape Town is ready to host G20, Dehorning bears fruit as rhino poaching deaths drop, How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story, Foreign pensions now under attack from SARS, and A trip down memory lane with Lady Gaga.
About Those Threatening Messages From SARS…

SARS has sent taxpayers threatening messages instructing them to pay their taxes
Monday Morning Spice

Proteas on top after day 3 at Newlands, Demi Moore wins her first award for acting, Trapped zama zamas resort to cannibalism, and The best and worst moments of the Golden Globes 2025.
Friday Morning Spice

SARS scores massive retirement fund payday, Cancer vaccine breakthrough, South African online store shuts its doors, How to escape the heroin hustle, and China could soon have more pets than toddlers.
Friday Morning Spice

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested, 7-Eleven owner rejects $38bn buyout offer, Meet the woman behind Hermès Man, and Anger over topless medical exams in Japan schools.
Friday Morning Spice

Virgin Active SA faces backlash on transgender changing room, Photos that inspired the new film ‘The Bikeriders’, Why Greenland isn’t an Arctic paradise, Biden falters in debate, and Russia considering a ‘nuclear shift’.
SARS Is Cracking Down On Temu And Shein In South Africa – And Why You Should Too

The prices Saffas pay for products from these “marketing megalodons” will increase significantly soon.
Wife Implicated Alongside Husband In R200 Million SARS Fraud Case After Disclosing R90,000 Girlfriend Stipend

The lid was lifted on this fraud syndicate when the ringleader’s wife found out her hubby’s side-squeeze was getting a substantial amount of pocket money.
Friday Morning Spice

OJ Simpson dead at 76, Instances of watered-down diesel increasing in SA, Netflix making 2 more shows with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Sylvester Stallone accused of ‘abusing co-stars’, and NSFAS board dissolved.
Illegal Cigarettes Make Up Nearly 60% Of The South African Market

In 2022 alone, the government lost R15 billion in excise and R3 billion in VAT from these illicit sales.
Tuesday Morning Spice

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway flirts with $1 trillion valuation, South Africa kisses another 100 businesses goodbye, McLaren unveils the new 700 hp Artura Spider, Children left in tears at Willy Wonka experience, and Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to his diamond-hunting roots.
A Scorned Wife And A R90,000 Girlfriend Allowance Brings Down R100 Million VAT Fraud Syndicate

And so another gang of thieves gets the book thrown at them thanks to a scorned wife and incorruptible SARS investigators.
Taxpayers Are Going To Be “Squeezed Even More”

SARS is going to be using a finer comb from now on…
About Those Threatening Messages From SARS…

Many South African taxpayers might have had their hearts leap out of their chests when they received an SMS from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Tuesday.
Thursday Morning Spice

Brandy from Stellenbosch wins world’s best, Father beaten in Klerksdorp parking lot brawl dies, SARS shuts down Joburg CBD branch after fire, and Charlize Theron joins stars on Global Citizen Festival Stage.
Why You Should Probably Use A Registered Practitioner For 2023 Tax Filing Season Instead Of ‘Winging It’

Seeing as how hiding your income in a sofa is frowned upon, you must give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar. The experts can navigate this quagmire better than you, guaranteed.
Monday Morning Spice

Natasha Joubert crowned Miss SA 2023, Obama thought about ‘making love to men daily’, Sars to collect SABC TV licences, and Popular new dating tactic that women can’t get enough of.
Being Among The Richest 1% In South Africa Comes With A Price

In order to join the top 1% of the wealthiest South Africans, you need to make almost six times more than the average earner. But that doesn’t mean life is all rainbows and butterflies.
2023 Tax Season Has Arrived – Everything You Need To Know In Order To Comply With SARS

Tax. The word alone sends shivers down your spine, never mind the discomfort you might feel spending just one day queuing at your nearest SARS branch.
HUGE Jump In Saffa’s Emigrating – Here’s Why And Where

People are not leaving South Africa because the weather is bad and the people are unfriendly. They are leaving because the ruling government is incompetent and has the economic insight of an empty milk bottle.
South African Comedian Introduces New ‘Phala Phalaus Taxivadus’ Species, Mocking Ramaphosa’s Couch [Video]

As Themba Robin said, “If we can laugh together we can find solutions together!”.
Thursday Morning Spice

Harry is spent, Motorola Razr is back, Justin Bieber cancels tour, Gin crafted from invasive Hyacinth, Iranian schoolgirls being poisoned, China converting jets into Kamikaze drones, Whiskey fungus shuts down Jack Daniels building plans, New travel pass at SA Airports, and Hoedspruit get heat lightning.
Tuesday Morning Spice

Deforestation in Brazil melting Himalayas, Ramaphosa wants State of Disaster, Djokovic back on top, How to pay less tax, Lisa Marie was broke when she died, Johannesburg has blue water, Lira is getting better, Oscar controversy, What’s with all the tech-layoffs? And the subtle art of complaining.