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Read Time: 3 Minutes Hi Reader, Are you running a business where your income is up and down? One month, you’re flying high and the next month you’re wondering if maybe you should go back to corporate for a nice steady salary… Take one of my clients who runs a laundry service for Airbnb hosts. During tourist season, she is flying high. Revenues are up, bookings are full, and everything feels smooth. Then the off-season hits. Business slows. Revenue drops. What felt comfortable becomes a tight...
Read Time: 3 Minutes The Hidden Cost of Bad Accounting Hi Reader I know we’re all trying to save money in this tough economy, but sometimes the “savings” cost more in the years to come. Accounting is one of those areas where cutting corners quietly costs you hundreds of hours, thousands of rand, and a lot of unnecessary stress. Let me show you what I mean. Story 1: “Mom Does the Books” A business owner once told me her 85-year old mom handled the bookkeeping and that she’d file her own tax...
Read Time: 2 Minutes Hi Reader, Last year, three illegal transactions went off my account — R950 each. They only stopped when the money ran out. If there’d been more in there, it would’ve kept going. I tell people I moved the money to savings. But the truth? That was all the money I had left. I’d been quietly topping up the business from personal savings just to get by. I know what it’s like to run out of funds. Not having enough to pay the staff. Having to ask friends and family to help you...