Die geldigheid van ‘n testament is natuurlik net so belangrik as die noodsaaklikheid daarvoor. Indien ‘n testament, wat op skrif moet wees, nie aan die formaliteite soos bepaal deur artikel 2(1) van die Wet op Testamente voldoen nie, sal die boedel van die oorledene in terme van die Wet op Intestate Erfopvolging 81 van 1987 verdeel moet word, wat ernstige gevolge kan hê.
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Op 10 Oktober het ons Anja Smit (Boekhouer) se kombuistee gehou. Ons beste wense vergesel vir Anja en Wynand vir...
POLYGRAPH TESTING
It has been widely accepted by the Labour Court and the CCMA that polygraph testing in the workplace is highly contentious and the admissibility of its results remains debateable. Does this mean that an employer cannot use polygraph testing?
BE WARNED – WATCH YOUR E-FILE PROFILE LIKE A HAWK
Please take note: eFile profiles of tax practitioners and / or taxpayers are disappearing and /or banking details are changed without their consent.
KAPITAALWINSBELASTING EN DIE OORROL-BEGINSEL
Bates wat aan langslewende gades bemaak word, is vrygestel van KWB aangesien ’n “oorrol” plaasvind. Daar ontstaan egter baie verwarring oor presies hoe hierdie oorrol-beginsel toegepas word.
PERSONEELNUUS
Twee van ons Direkteure het aan die Karoo to Coast bergfietsresies deelgeneem. Op 30 September het ons saam met die inwoners van Silwerkruin deur die strate gestap, ter ondersteuning van die Week vir Bejaardes. Ons nuwe kantore te Somerset-Wes is ingewy. Ons het ‘n nuwe spanlid welkom geheet en ons gaan een spanlid groet. Oktober is borskankerbewusmakingsmaand. Die nuwe ouers is met ‘n geskenkie bederf.
CONSENT TO SEARCHES OF A PERSON, PROPERTY AND/OR VEHICLE
Are you searching the person, property and/or vehicles of your employees while on and/or leaving the premises of the workplace? Have the employees given their consent to such searches? Do you have certain terms in place regarding who is allowed to search who?
COHABITATION AND COHABITATION AGREEMENTS
Are you currently living together with your better half in a cohabitation relationship? Do you have a Cohabitation Agreement in place? If not, please take note of our article.
DIE HERVERDELING VAN BOEDELBATES
Herverdelingsooreenkomste bied aan begunstigdes van ‘n boedel ‘n uitweg om probleme wat as gevolg van mede-eiendomsreg ontstaan, te voorkom.
PERSONEELNUUS
Twee van ons Direkteure was die sprekers by ‘n SAICA Discussion Group. FHBC is deur SAIT geakkrediteer om Tax Technicians op te lei. Een van ons Direkteure is as Tentmaker Diensleraar bevestig. Ons het vier nuwelinge welkom geheet, ons het die koms van die lente gevier, aan Loslitdag deelgeneem, en die Sekretaresses bederf. Verder het die Fidusiêre span, as deel van Testamenteweek, aan ons personeel die geleentheid gebied om hul testamente gratis op te stel. ‘n Ander Direkteur het aan die Cape Pioneer Trek mountain bike race deelgeneem. Gedurende die laaste week in September neem ons deel aan die Week vir Bejaardes.
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENTS TO COME INTO OPERATION ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 – WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW
The amended Employment Equity (EE) Act of 1998 will empower the Employment and Labour Minister to regulate sector specific EE targets and to regulate compliance criteria to issue an EE Compliance Certificate in terms of Section 53 of the EE Act. The amended Act will come into force on 1 September 2023. Employers, who will no longer be defined as a designated employer, can apply to deregister from the EE Public Register.
COMPLIANCE ALERT: COMPENSATION FUND (CF / WCA) AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND (UIF)
The Compensation Fund issued a Notice in the Government Gazette of 14 July 2022, informing employers of COIDA Compliance, and its intention to conduct employer COIDA Audits and employer site visits. The Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (the UI Act) also requires all employers who employ people for more than 24 hours per month to register with the UIF and contribute towards the fund.