The Companies Act in a nutshell

Grant Thornton has the expertise to navigate your business through the complexities of the new Companies Act. Visit our dedicated Companies Act page to stay in touch with latest developments of the new Companies Act and find out more about our in-house training and other advisory services.

Downloadable reference guides include:

Over-regulation SA’s biggest constraint to business expansion

Q4 Grant Thornton International Business Report data highlights crime, service delivery, political climate and Companies Act for SA business owners.

40% of businesses are aware of coming global changes in accounting standards

Majority of SA businesses ignorant of changes in revenue recognition standards

Only 40% of South African businesses are aware of coming global changes in accounting standards which relate to the way they recognise and report revenue, according to a Grant Thornton global survey.

e-taxline: Importers, exporters need to be on top of new customs tariffs effective 1 Jan 2012

It is critical for importers and exporters, from a cost and competitiveness perspective, to be fully aware of the 2012 customs tariff amendments and how these will affect their businesses.

Grant Thornton South Africa announces new national chairman

Grant Thornton South Africa today announced that Deepak Nagar has been appointed as the national chairman of the audit and business advisory firm. Deepak will be replacing current national chairman Leonard Brehm, effective 1 March 2012.