VAT 101: Getting money back from SARS
Did you know that you may be able to get a tax rebate for Value Added Tax (VAT). Learn about what VAT is and how you can manage it.
TaxTim
24th July 2019
Filter and export your sales history
Improve your reconciliation process with the tools available to you in the Yoco Business Portal.
Munawwar
3rd May 2019
Tax 2019: What you need to know for your business
Tito Mboweni delivered a stark warning with his first Budget Speech: the economy is not doing well, the public purse is exhausted and someone has to pay the bill. On the surface the budget that was presented seemed like it could have been worse – no adjustments to any tax
Gugulethu
8th March 2019
Access to Small Business Funding
More often than not, access to funding is critical for small businesses to succeed. However, small business owners tend to struggle to access the funds they need, whether it’s initial funding for the start-up process or funding further down the line to expand. Roadblocks to accessing business funding The chief
Robyn
11th December 2018
Top funding options to help meet small business owners meet their goals
In the first article in this funding series, I encouraged you to scrutinise your business goals and to decide if sourcing external funding will help you achieve those goals – without putting undue pressure on your business. We looked at funding for a short-term business boost – like buying inventory
Carl
11th September 2017
How Ground Art Caffe saves time and simplifies their finance management
This past month we’ve taken a deep dive into the world of small business finance. We created a cash-flow template for businesses just getting started and we’ve pulled together an infographic to help growing businesses understand fundraising. We also asked the experts to share their insights in an SME-finance Twitterchat.
Alice
30th June 2017
Does your business really need capital?
When my co-founders and I decided we were going to start Yoco in 2013 we knew that funding the business would be a challenge. But we didn’t quite realise what a monumental challenge it would actually be. I’ve learnt so much over the past four years and am glad I
Carl
20th June 2017
Making the great escape: Meet ex-accountant Stratis Kouvdis
Put down the sudoku, the Sunday crossword puzzle and whatever the latest puzzle you have on your phone is. It’s time to step it up a notch and become your very own Sherlock Holmes meets James Bond. Hashtag Escape, Johannesburg’s biggest adventure game, was founded by Stratis Kouvdis and Chris Tsatsarolakis
Alice
15th June 2017
Take control of your small business finances: A checklist for the new entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur, you may be an expert at making dresses, baking cheesecake, sculpting hair or training goldfish. However, that doesn’t always mean you’ll necessarily excel at financial management. But this should never stop you from getting your dream company up and running. Ensure your new business gets off on
Alice
5th June 2017
Fingerprint encrypted cards: What’s the big deal and how will it affect you?
If you’ve ever used your fingerprint to unlock your phone or get access to your office then you’ve used “biometric authentication”. Biometric authentication is a way of using a person’s unique biological characteristics to verify that they are who they say they are. In this case – a fingerprint. The
Alice
24th April 2017
