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Clear fees, agreed up front.

Fixed monthly packages for accounting and tax, payroll as an add-on or on its own, and fixed quotes for business plans and funding work. All fees exclude VAT.

Monthly accounting packages

Choose who keeps the books, and how often

Start with the quick pick, then check the details below. Company Starter is R1,450 if you keep the books, or R1,750 if we do the Xero processing for you.

Quick pick
  • Sole trader or freelancerSole Prop StarterR750
  • Small company, no VATCompany StarterR1,450
  • VAT-registeredCompliance EssentialsR2,450
  • Want monthly numbersManagement AccountsR4,950
  • Need a finance partnerVirtual Finance SupportR9,950
Monthly accounting packages
What’s includedSole Prop StarterSole traders and freelancersR750per monthCompany StarterSmall companies, not VAT-registeredR1,450 / R1,750per monthCompliance EssentialsVAT-registered businessesR2,450per monthManagement AccountsOwners who want monthly numbersR4,950per monthVirtual Finance SupportGrowing businesses needing a finance partnerR9,950per month
Who keeps the booksYou, we summarise at year endYou: R1,450
We do: R1,750
We do, every 2 monthsWe do, monthlyWe do, weekly
Tax
Personal tax return (owner or one director)✓✓✓✓✓
Provisional tax returns, twice a year✓✓✓✓✓
SARS letters and queries✓✓✓✓✓
Company tax return (ITR14)–✓✓✓✓
VAT201 returns––✓✓✓
Accounting and compliance
Year-end summary of your bank statements✓✓–––
Year-end income statement (not full financial statements)✓––––
Xero processing (at R1,750)–✓–––
Annual financial statements–✓✓✓✓
CIPC annual return and beneficial ownership–✓✓✓✓
Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations––✓✓✓
Deadline management and reminders––✓✓✓
Reporting and advice
Monthly management accounts with written commentary–––✓✓
Quarterly check-in meeting–––✓✓
Cash flow forecasting and budgets––––✓
Ongoing advice and CFO-level input––––✓
Priority turnaround––––✓
SARS audits and disputes, CIPC changes, extra meetings––––✓

Sole Prop Starter

Sole traders and freelancers

R750 per month

Who keeps the books: You, we summarise at year end

  • Personal tax return (owner or one director)
  • Provisional tax returns, twice a year
  • SARS letters and queries
  • Year-end summary of your bank statements
  • Year-end income statement (not full financial statements)

Company Starter

Small companies, not VAT-registered

R1,450 / R1,750 per month

Who keeps the books: You: R1,450 · We do: R1,750

  • Personal tax return (owner or one director)
  • Provisional tax returns, twice a year
  • SARS letters and queries
  • Company tax return (ITR14)
  • Year-end summary of your bank statements
  • Xero processing (at R1,750)
  • Annual financial statements
  • CIPC annual return and beneficial ownership

Compliance Essentials

VAT-registered businesses

R2,450 per month

Who keeps the books: We do, every 2 months

  • Personal tax return (owner or one director)
  • Provisional tax returns, twice a year
  • SARS letters and queries
  • Company tax return (ITR14)
  • VAT201 returns
  • Annual financial statements
  • CIPC annual return and beneficial ownership
  • Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations
  • Deadline management and reminders

Management Accounts

Owners who want monthly numbers

R4,950 per month

Who keeps the books: We do, monthly

  • Personal tax return (owner or one director)
  • Provisional tax returns, twice a year
  • SARS letters and queries
  • Company tax return (ITR14)
  • VAT201 returns
  • Annual financial statements
  • CIPC annual return and beneficial ownership
  • Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations
  • Deadline management and reminders
  • Monthly management accounts with written commentary
  • Quarterly check-in meeting

Virtual Finance Support

Growing businesses needing a finance partner

R9,950 per month

Who keeps the books: We do, weekly

  • Personal tax return (owner or one director)
  • Provisional tax returns, twice a year
  • SARS letters and queries
  • Company tax return (ITR14)
  • VAT201 returns
  • Annual financial statements
  • CIPC annual return and beneficial ownership
  • Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations
  • Deadline management and reminders
  • Monthly management accounts with written commentary
  • Quarterly check-in meeting
  • Cash flow forecasting and budgets
  • Ongoing advice and CFO-level input
  • Priority turnaround
  • SARS audits and disputes, CIPC changes, extra meetings
  • All fees exclude VAT and are billed monthly.
  • Xero and other software subscriptions are not included. You pay Xero directly, and we pass on our Xero partner discount.
  • Month-to-month, with 30 days’ notice.
  • Payroll is an optional add-on to any package: see Payroll.
  • In packages other than Virtual Finance Support, SARS audits and disputes, CIPC changes and extra meetings are quoted before work starts.
  • Audits and independent reviews are quoted separately: see Audit services.
  • Catch-up work on earlier years, and CIPC or SARS fees, are quoted or charged separately.
Payroll

Payroll, added to a package or on its own

One simple price, whether you add it to an accounting package or outsource only your payroll. Excl VAT.

PayrollR450 per month+ R45 per payslip

As an add-on to any accounting package, or on its own if you only need payroll.

  • Monthly payslips
  • EMP201 monthly PAYE, UIF and SDL return
  • UIF declarations
  • EMP501 reconciliations, twice a year
  • IRP5 tax certificates for employees
  • Payroll reports for your records
Business plans, investor documents and funding

Once-off work, at a fixed quote

Prices below are starting points. After a short scoping call we confirm a fixed quote before any work begins.

Business plans, investor documents and funding support
What’s includedBasic business planFrom R6,500once-offFunding-ready planFrom R14,500once-offComplex plan, investor deck or IMFrom R35,000once-offFunding support and applicationsQuotedper project, plus a success fee
The plan
Business plan written with you✓✓✓Uses your plan
Market and industry researchLight✓✓–
Financial projections, three years✓✓✓–
Integrated financial model with scenarios–✓✓–
In the funder’s required format (bank, DFI, Land Bank, grant)–✓✓✓
Investor documents
Investor presentation (deck)––✓–
Information memorandum for a sale or investment––✓–
Funding
Application forms and supporting documents–––✓
Liaison with the funder until a decision–––✓
Success fee, only if funding is secured–––✓
Revisions
Rounds of changes included123–

Basic business plan

From R6,500 once-off
  • Business plan written with you
  • Market and industry research: Light
  • Financial projections, three years
  • Rounds of changes included: 1

Funding-ready plan

From R14,500 once-off
  • Business plan written with you
  • Market and industry research
  • Financial projections, three years
  • Integrated financial model with scenarios
  • In the funder’s required format (bank, DFI, Land Bank, grant)
  • Rounds of changes included: 2

Complex plan, investor deck or IM

From R35,000 once-off
  • Business plan written with you
  • Market and industry research
  • Financial projections, three years
  • Integrated financial model with scenarios
  • In the funder’s required format (bank, DFI, Land Bank, grant)
  • Investor presentation (deck)
  • Information memorandum for a sale or investment
  • Rounds of changes included: 3

Funding support and applications

Quoted per project, plus a success fee
  • Business plan written with you: Uses your plan
  • In the funder’s required format (bank, DFI, Land Bank, grant)
  • Application forms and supporting documents
  • Liaison with the funder until a decision
  • Success fee, only if funding is secured
  • All fees exclude VAT.
  • The success fee applies only when funding is secured, and only where the funder allows it.
Get in touch

Talk it through, free for 20 minutes.

Tell us about your business and what you need. You will know which package or fixed quote fits, and what happens next.