Legal precedent set as Odendaal’s assets forfeited in Steinhoff fraud battle

The SARB has forfeited to the state cash totalling R42m from Berdine Odendaal’s bank accounts, as well as her R18m property in Paarl’s Val de Vie estate.

Directory of the FIC’s compliance communications issued in 2023

The directory contains a brief description of each document, a link to the document and, where available, links to other communication related to it.

An accountable institution must register with the FIC to submit a risk and compliance return

How to submit information accurately to the Financial Intelligence Centre in respect of Directives 6 and 7.

Deadline for credit providers to renew their registration draws near

Like the regulator’s annual renewal registration process, the National Credit Act is filled with potential pitfalls. MBSE’s online courses help you to master the requirements of the Act.

What you should know about objecting to VAT penalties

Meanwhile, a change in the VAT registration process may inconvenience taxpayers.

‘New’ and ‘old’ accountable institutions must comply with the provisions of Fica

Sanctions can include a fine of up to R10 million in respect of a natural person and R50m in respect of a legal person.

New accountable institutions face hefty fines for failing to register with FIC

Centre urges new accountable institutions to register, even if they missed the deadline, to avoid non-compliance with Fica.

This is what Sars is doing to tighten its supervision of trusts

It also wants to address the inconsistent treatment of non-resident beneficiaries when capital gains are distributed.

Registration as an Essential Services Provider – Guidelines for Sole Proprietors

Since the announcement of the Level 4 Lockdown restrictions and the publication of the requirement that businesses that perform essential or permitted services need to register themselves as such with the Companies and Intellectual […]

KZN Advanced Broker Training – Registration closes on 22 August

The Council for Medical Schemes will be hosting an advanced training programme for accredited healthcare brokers in the KZN province on 29 August 2019. The cost for the one-day workshop is R1 500 and will cover […]

KZN Advanced Broker Training – Registration closes on 22 August

Moonstone Regulatory Update Workshops 2019 – Registration now open

Moonstone Compliance in conjunction with the Moonstone Business School of Excellence and the Cyber Security Institute is excited to announce that registration for the popular annual regulatory update workshops is now open. Workshop […]

Moonstone Regulatory Update Workshops 2019 – Registration opens soon

Registration to attend Moonstone’s informative regulatory update workshops will open soon. If you are as concerned about the impact of the overwhelming amount of new legislation on your business as 99% of the […]

Moonstone Regulatory Update Workshops 2019 – Registration opens soon

FIC Registration Turmoil

The alarm bells went off just after 8 am last Thursday as we started getting frantic calls from compliance officers about ORG Number notification emails sent to FSPs with instructions how to verify […]

Financial Intelligence Centre Directive 01/2013

A recent request from the FIC contained a request for all accountable and reporting institutions to ensure that their records at the Centre are up to date and accurate. The actual directive spelling […]

Tax Practioner Registration Deadline Looms

All tax practitioners are required to register with SARS. Those not registered yet, have until 1 July 2013 to register. If you are already registered, you are not required to re-register with SARS […]