Your Year-End Business Checklist: 10 Essential Tasks

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November 2025 NEWSLETTER

Your Year-End Business Checklist: 10 Essential Tasks

The end of the year is the perfect time to wrap up loose ends, assess your business's performance, and prepare for a successful year ahead.

This checklist is a fantastic start. But consider reaching out to us for a tailored checklist for your unique business needs. We’d love to help you tick all the boxes before the holidays rush in.

Surviving Trust Tax Season 2025 – And Beyond

Trust Tax Season 2025 opened in September and SARS has already issued reminders to trustees that all trusts, including those that are not economically active, must file a tax return before 19 January 2026.

Read more here about the obligations SARS imposes on trusts and what’s changed this tax season – including the changes to the important flow through or conduit principle.

Time Is Money: 8 Timesaving Tips Every Business Leader Should Utilise

Leading a business is time-consuming. There are myriad distractions vying to take your attention away from your core role of growing the business.

If you aren’t decisive and effective, you’ll soon be lumped with productivity bottlenecks that drain both personal energy and company momentum. Thankfully, we’ve got some time-saving strategies that can help you reclaim control of your schedule and focus on what matters most.

How Your Payment Terms Could be Damaging Your Business

Extending payment terms to 30, 60 or 90 days may feel like a smart business decision – but beneath the surface these terms could be draining your company more than you realise.

Read on to discover the many ways these “invisible loans to your clients” are hurting you. Then, learn how you can take back control.

Your Tax Deadlines for November 2025

07 November – PAYE submissions and payments
25 November – VAT manual submissions and payments
27 November – Excise duty payments
28 November – VAT electronic submissions and payments, & CIT Provisional Tax payments where applicable.

Disclaimer

The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact us for professional, detailed and appropriate advice.

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