The 5 Questions You Must Ask Before Making Your Business Resolutions

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Huysamen Westraad Incorporated

January 2026

The 5 Questions You Must Ask Before Making Your Business Resolutions

The start of a new year brings a powerful urge to chase the future. We get excited about new projects, bigger revenue targets, and a fresh start.

But jumping into new resolutions without an honest, data-driven audit of the last twelve months is like building a house without checking the foundations. Before you commit to a single resolution, you must pause and interrogate the year you’ve just completed by asking yourself these five simple questions.

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Notes for accountants: You can learn more about clearing business bottlenecks here.

Harnessing the New Year’s “Fresh Start Effect” for a Great 2026

Outlook 2026: Moving Forward with Confident Resilience

Our Top Tips for Communicating Price Changes

Harnessing the New Year’s “fresh start effect” can have a significant impact on your team’s motivation as they get back into the swing of things.

Read on to find out how what you do at this time of year can influence your team's performance all year long. Kicking the year off in the right manner might be the best investment you ever make…

CEOs, globally and in Africa, are optimistic about the 2026 outlook for their organisations. In fact, most are purposefully investing in AI, talent and ESG.

Find out here just how confidently global and African CEOs are going into 2026, what their top challenges and priorities are, and if their strategies for building resilience fast could also propel your company to greater success in the year ahead.

Price changes are part of running a business at this time of the year, and generally one of the first things business owners consider when they return to the office.

Many owners, however, still treat increases as a last resort and/or fear making them – even when rising costs make them unavoidable. Here are our tips for increasing prices in the most effective (and least disruptive) way.

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NOTE TO ACCOUNTANTS: Read more about “Fresh Starts: The Psychology Behind New Year Motivation” here.

NOTE FOR ACCOUNTANTS: The KPMG 2025 Africa CEO Outlook captures the perspectives of 130 CEOs across Africa and forms part of KPMG’s global CEO Outlook, which includes insights from 1,350 CEOs across 11 markets.

Notes for Accountants: The Simon Kucher studies are explained in depth here.

Your Tax Deadlines for January 2026

07 January – PAYE submissions and payments

19 January – End of Filing Season 2025 for Provisional Taxpayers and End of Filing Season 2025 for Trusts

23 January – VAT manual submissions and payments

29 January – Excise duty payments

30 January – VAT electronic submissions and payments & CIT Provisional Tax payments where applicable.

NOTE FOR ACCOUNTANTS: See “Important Dates” on the SARS website (click the right arrow next to “Today” to view the appropriate month).

Have a healthy,
happy and successful
2026!

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