Leveraging compliance for growth: How accountants can use CIPC deregistration threats to enhance client engagement
Discover how accountants can navigate the CIPC deregistration process to offer vital compliance services, enhancing client engagement strategies and unlocking new revenue generation opportunities in South Africa, thereby reinstating deregistered companies and elevating their accounting business growth
Boosting team spirit: Understanding what drives accountants
In the fast-paced field of accounting, having a team that's eager to work is crucial for success. However, motivating each person isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. Explore nine critical motivating factors motivators and how they can enhance the performance of accounting teams.
A new chapter in accounting: Understanding and implementing integrated Sustainability Reporting
Explore the essential guide to integrated reportng and sustainability in accounting, where we delve into IFAC's insights on environmental accounting, internal controls, and the impact of ESG reporting on corporate responsibility
Mazars and FORVIS forge strategic alliance, creating a new global network
Forvis Mazars partnership: A strategic alliance aiming for global impact. Joining forces for enhanced client service and a $5 billion revenue
A roadmap to sustainable success: A comprehensive checklist for businesses
In today's business landscape, sustainability is paramount. IFAC's Small Business Sustainability Checklist offers a comprehensive guide to navigate environmental, social, and governance aspects. Learn how this checklist helps in identifying areas for improvement, aligning strategies with goals, and embracing sustainability as a driver of success
Leveraging social media referrals in Accountancy Recruitment: A game-changer or a gamble?
Understand the impact of social media referrals on hiring and how they compare to traditional evaluation methods.
Why energy, not time management is your secret to closing the year strong
Managing November chaos? Optimise performance with a shift to energy, not just time. Learn to tackle common energy leaks for a strong close to 2023.
Is Chronic Negativity the Next Pandemic?
Discover how shifting perspective and fostering self-compassion can combat chronic negativity in a world filled with stress and uncertainty.
Treasury’s cost-cutting measures: How accountants can steer businesses through economic challenges
Discover the latest news as three major South African workers' unions challenge the National Treasury's proposed budget cuts. Learn about the economic context, concerns, and the role of accountants in these challenging times. Stay informed on South Africa's evolving economic landscape.
With AI, is your client's data safe?
Client data security is a concern for accountants using AI. Experts at the Practice Management Conference unpacked why human behaviour remains the weakest link.
How to better manage your humans in the age of AI
Getting staff buy-in and hiring people with a continuous learning mindset is critical to thriving in the AI age. This, according to speakers at the annual Practice Management Conference.
Why AI will be the focus of this year's CIBA Practice Management Conference
The age of AI is upon us. For accountants, creativity is the only limit to the kinds of use cases that are now possible, something our upcoming annual practice management conference aims to explore.
8 ways to boost client satisfaction
Building and maintaining a successful business depends on having contented customers. Repeat business comes from happy customers, and keeping existing customers is simpler and less expensive than finding new ones.
Tax Practitioners Guide to Tech Efficiency
Tax practitioners know they need to use accounting software, but what is the right level for you? We asked Ettean Smit, the director at SmartPractice, for some advice.
Accounting Practices can thrive in distruption by championing the needs of SMBs
Accounting professionals have helped businesses steer through the COVID outbreak, the unrest in July 2021, and recent KZN floods, supporting SMB resilience in difficult times. Throughout these challenges, accountants in practice are also coming to grips with disruption in their profession.
Three lessons for accounting resilience
This week Accounting Weekly looked at risk, resilience, and turning adverse situations into successful situations. These are three takeaways we got from writing the articles.
Starting a Tax Practice in a pandemic: 4 lessons from André Marais
They say you should never let a good crisis go to waste. André Marais seems to have taken the adage to heart. During Covid, when most saw despair, he saw an opportunity. He launched Numberwize, an accounting firm serving clients in Gqeberha and the Garden Route.