What is urgent?
In a society that is instant we have everything at our finger tips. This can be amazing because you know you can sort it out quickly. There are, however, some parts of life and business that don’t contain emergency situations. Accounting, tax and payroll are a good example.
There may be some situations that may seem urgent and a crisis but it actually is not or at least should not have been. Don’t take this as if nothing can ever be urgent. There are deadlines that have to be met but these are always are known ahead of time. These deadlines have enough time to complete the task at hand.
It’s NOT my FAULT!
People often think that their problem is urgent and escalate it to crisis level. This results in after hours phone calls. This “crisis” could EASILY have been avoided. There is no such thing as urgent accounting!
People are quick to jump on the bus of “it’s not my fault” and start pointing fingers at others. Most of the finger pointing is aimed at either the accountant or SARS (South African revenue service) or the tax man.

This is from the inherent fear of SARS built up on hype and actually nonsense.
SARS have increased their service to world standards over the years and are no longer to blame for about 95% of these crises (our opinion). Nobody is perfect so they make mistakes but not nearly as many as people think or want to admit!
Consistency trumps “urgent accounting”?
Communication is a key success to this improvement. It is often said “they never sent anything!” Let me tell you this – that excuse is complete cods wallop! A major factor in this is either your details are incorrect or you gave authority to someone and they receive the communication. SARS have now got exceptional with their communication.
There is no such thing as urgent accounting as stated before. The way forward is communication as above with both SARS and your accountant and forward planning. This is where we come in. Through regular contact, we can guide you through the deadlines with little or no stress at all as consistency is the key to being up to date and ready!
FACT OR MYTH?
Urgent accounting does not exist!
This post was update on the 17th March 2021