Catch-Up & Clean-Up

Nobody plans to fall behind. A hard trading year, a bad hire, a bookkeeper who left without a handover — and suddenly two years of bank statements are sitting unopened and SARS has moved from reminders to penalties. This is the most common reason firms come to us, and it is the least interesting thing about them.

We work backwards from source documents: bank statements, tax invoices, supplier statements, payment gateway exports and whatever was already filed. Duplicates are removed, misallocations corrected, opening balances restated, and the trail from the first entry to the final balance made defensible.

Where returns were filed on wrong numbers we quantify the difference and set out the options — corrected returns, a voluntary disclosure, or a request for remission of penalties — so you can decide with your tax practitioner rather than hope.

The engagement ends with a written reconstruction memo describing what was found, what was changed and why. That is the document SARS, your accountant, your bank or a prospective buyer will actually want to read.