Featured articles

Headlines

How accountants can better take care of their mental health and wellness

Dec 1, 2021

5 tips for becoming a tech-savvy accountant

Nov 11, 2021

Accountants and mentors: Find the right people to help you start and grow your small business

Oct 8, 2021

Latest articles for Accountants

How accountants can better take care of their mental health and wellness

Accountants are some of the most important people in our society, each helping to keep our economy going. They help make...

Dec 1, 2021

10 ways accountants can add value to small businesses

Everyone wants an accountant's help when tax season strikes. Few people, however, know the kind of value accountants can...

Nov 16, 2021

5 tips for becoming a tech-savvy accountant

During product demos in firms across the country, we hear a common refrain: “That’s great, but my clients won’t use it.”...

Nov 11, 2021

Top selling tips for your accounting services

Selling doesn’t always come easily to accounting professionals, who may be more comfortable with the technical aspects o...

Oct 13, 2021

Two businesswomen looking at report on tablet

Accountants and mentors: Find the right people to help you start and grow your small business

It’s no secret that running a small business is challenging. And last year, the COVID-19 pandemic made things tougher th...

Oct 8, 2021

6 ways automation benefits accountants and SMEs

Cloud accounting solutions have been growing progressively more important over the years. Automation has become particul...

Sep 20, 2021

SMEs rate these 3 technologies as crucial to business resilience

There are upsides to having your business enter survival mode. Necessity strips away cost and drives innovation. On the ...

Sep 11, 2021

“It turns days and hours into minutes”: Accountant gives insight into the Sage VAT 201 experience

VAT submissions is a complicated process that challenges an accountant’s schedule, attention to detail, and patience. Ap...

Sep 2, 2021

The Resurgence: South African businesses are ready to try again [White paper]

A year into COVID, small businesses and accountants are ready to try again with resilience, readiness, and confidence fo...

Sep 1, 2021

Sage eliminates the hassle and headache of VAT 201 submissions

VAT submissions can be an accounting headache. Staring at a manually compiled submission for hours, searching for the wa...

Aug 13, 2021

Digitally empowered advisors: How accountants can turn crisis into opportunity

A range of events can trigger a crisis: a drought, a change in political leadership, a surge in the oil price or – as we...

Aug 5, 2021

Guide to starting a bookkeeping business

If you’re considering starting a bookkeeping business, look no further. We have all the tips and tricks you need to take...

Jul 22, 2021

POPIA compliance: What accountants need to know

News about the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has dominated headlines and flooded our inboxes in recent ...

Jul 16, 2021

Blockchain is set to transform accounting. Here’s how.

Since Bitcoin first exploded onto the scene towards the end of 2017, blockchain has received quite a bit of attention. ...

Jun 21, 2021

How accountants can help businesses through tough times

The dire need for frontline expertise from accountants to help businesses survive is critical, especially with companies...

May 21, 2021

Tech is replacing accountants, but their new role is much more valuable

In 2006, I predicted that accounting as we knew it then would be redundant by the turn of the decade. At the time, techn...

Feb 24, 2021

3 questions to help accountants discover their value proposition

I was a bit concerned when the bank called to cancel my client’s finance application meeting. What did we do wrong? W...

Feb 18, 2021

A new purpose for the accounting profession

The words ‘accounting’ and ‘bookkeeping’ were once used interchangeably. But their respective meanings are drifting apar...

Feb 12, 2021

3 Reasons why accountants should embrace AI and Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation have taken the accounting profession to a point of pivotal change, and it’s ...

Oct 29, 2020

What will accounting clients need in a post-COVID world?

With the Coronavirus raging across the globe, many accountants have been with their clients every step of the way. T...

Oct 11, 2020

3 accounting practice improvements, according to customers

In the latest version of The Practice of Now survey, respondents were asked what pain-points their businesses experience...

Sep 11, 2020

Editor's choice

Compliance

Explained: UIF benefits and parental leave laws

After several years of legal limbo, government notified employers that the parental leave laws, which were promulgated i...

Strategy, Legal & Operations

A guide to digital transformation for accountants

According to Sage’s Practice of Now Report 2019, .

This is yet another sign of the remarkable cultural shift within a...

Research

2030: What’s in store for the accountancy practice?

Try to imagine the accountancy practice in 2030. It might seem far away, but in reality, it’s the not-so-distant future....

Featured authors

Today's advice

“Increasing, or simply differing, regulations remain a core business driver for accountants. It is also a driver of innovation, as different regulations challenge accountants to stay on top of their game. The Practice of Now Report shows that accountants globally agree that this is part of the cultural change.”

What the accounting evolution means for you

Read article

Featured articles

How accountants can better take care of their mental health and wellness

5 tips for becoming a tech-savvy accountant

Top selling tips for your accounting services

What will accounting clients need in a post-COVID world?

Headlines

How accountants can better take care of their mental health and wellness

5 tips for becoming a tech-savvy accountant

Accountants and mentors: Find the right people to help you start and grow your small business

Latest articles for Accountants

How accountants can better take care of their mental health and wellness

10 ways accountants can add value to small businesses

5 tips for becoming a tech-savvy accountant

International Accounting Day: Celebrating the financial problem-solvers

Top selling tips for your accounting services

Accountants and mentors: Find the right people to help you start and grow your small business

6 ways automation benefits accountants and SMEs

“We have more time for our clients”: Accountant on Sage’s new VAT 201 feature

SMEs rate these 3 technologies as crucial to business resilience

“It turns days and hours into minutes”: Accountant gives insight into the Sage VAT 201 experience

The Resurgence: South African businesses are ready to try again [White paper]

Sage eliminates the hassle and headache of VAT 201 submissions

Digitally empowered advisors: How accountants can turn crisis into opportunity

Guide to starting a bookkeeping business

POPIA compliance: What accountants need to know

Blockchain is set to transform accounting. Here’s how.

How accountants can help businesses through tough times

Reclaim lost time with direct bank feeds between Sage and FNB

Tech is replacing accountants, but their new role is much more valuable

3 questions to help accountants discover their value proposition

A new purpose for the accounting profession

3 Reasons why accountants should embrace AI and Machine Learning

What will accounting clients need in a post-COVID world?

3 accounting practice improvements, according to customers

Editor's choice

Explained: UIF benefits and parental leave laws

A guide to digital transformation for accountants

2030: What’s in store for the accountancy practice?

Featured authors

Peterjohn Bishop

Viresh Harduth

Keir Thomas-Bryant

Tarryn Giebelmann

Today's advice

See advice specific to your business