Category: Finance

  • Women have the right sentiment for investing

    Some recent studies seem to suggest that woman have the right skills and attitude to be great in taking on matters regarding their financial planning and investments. However, other studies seem to suggest that they lack the requisite confidence to do so. The evidence seems to suggest that woman should take the lead within their […]

  • Appointing a financial manager: Do you know what to look for?

    Ideally the candidate to appoint as financial manager must be qualified for the post in terms of sufficient knowledge and relevant experience. There is, however, a third consideration which are often overlooked or not considered to be of the same importance as knowledge and experience, and that is soft skills. The rest of this article […]

  • Do you use a monthly financial checklist? If not, you might miss something important!

    The primary purpose of business is to generate positive cash flow and make a profit, both of which are determined by two factors: money coming into the business and money going out of the business. As long as the money coming in is more than the money going out, you will be smiling. But what […]

  • Budgets: Are they worth the effort?

    A lot of small businesses are managed by the owner, especially in the early years of a business’s existence. As the owner is intimately involved in the day to day operations of the business, it is easy to keep control of expenses. As a business grows, however, it may become necessary to appoint employees to […]

  • Financial ratios: What do they mean? (Part 3)

    Ratio analysis can be used when financial information needs to be simplified to make it possible to interpret and compare the information. Banks often do ratio analysis when they need to decide whether to lend money to a client or not. If a business wants to open an account with a supplier, the suppliers often […]

  • Financial ratios: What do they mean? (Part 2)

    The purpose of ratio analysis is to simplify the financial situation of a business by looking at the relationships between different categories of accounting data. The amounts used in ratio analysis will normally be read from a set of financial statements. Two important limitations of ratio analysis which must be kept in mind are: Two […]

  • Financial ratios: What do they mean? (Part 1)

    The purpose of calculating ratios is to get a bird’s eyeview of the financial situation of a business by analysing the relationships between different amounts on the financial statements. The major advantages of using ratio analysis is that it simplifies the information in the financial statements and allows you to compare the ratio results over […]

  • Your guide to easy UIF claims

    Alice recently lost her job. She is feeling very despondent since she has no income to provide for her family and cover her monthly expenses. She recalls that while she was employed she made monthly Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) contributions. However, Alice has no idea how to claim from the UIF and whether she qualifies […]

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IC Marais

Professional experience:

IC Marais is a certified CA (SA) with public sector and private sector technical knowledge based on 5 years’ Public Sector accounting, auditing and financial management experience and 5 years audit, tax and accounting experience. Detailed knowledge of private and public sector accounting and auditing standards (GRAP, IPSAS, IFRS, IAS, ISA) and public sector financial legislation (MFMA, etc.)

He enjoys the outdoors, hunting and fishing.

ic@newtons-sa.co.za

SCHALK GOUWS

Professional experience:

In 1995, Schalk started as a trainee at Warner and Newton (which became Moores Rowland in 1997 and then Mazars Moores Rowland in 2007) in Bloemfontein. In 1998, Schalk was appointed as manager at Moores Rowland, where he became a partner in 2003. Schalk received his Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Taxation in 2006 and in 2009 he received his Certificate in the Administration of Estates.

schalk@newtons-sa.co.za

CEDRIC PETERSON

Professional experience:

Cedric started as a trainee at Warner and Newton (which became Moores Rowland in 1997 and Mazars Moores Rowland in 2007), Bloemfontein, in 1986. After completion of his articles, he joined the Special Investigations Division of the Department of Finance (SA Revenue Services) as a senior inspector from 1990 to 1991.

cedric@newtons-sa.co.za

LUCHA GREYLING

Professional experience:

Lucha started her career as a tax inspector at the Inland Revenue Department of New Zealand. After this she worked in commerce in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

On her return to South Africa, she completed her CA training contract with us and has been with Newtons ever since. She became a Partner in 2012.

Apart from her CA(SA) qualification she also holds a postgraduate certificate in Advanced Taxation (2005) and has the overall responsibility for training as our Training Officer.

lucha@newtons-sa.co.za