TYPES OF BUSINESSES – Legal Fundi

Chapter 14

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Summary of the statutory registrations required for employers

Checklist: Business Licence Types

Checklist: When starting a business

Model letter of appointment

Problem 4: Drawing up a business plan

Problem 3: Is being a VAT vendor worth it?

Problem 2: Starting a business which needs a business licence

Problem 1: What type of business to start

National Small Business Advisory Body

Thusong Service Centres

The Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency (SEDFA)

Filling in forms

Other important records

Payroll and personnel records

Registering as an exporter and importer

Goods that are subject to export and import controls

Permits for exporting and importing

Informal trading and hawking

What happens if a person sells food and does not get a business licence?

Provisional tax

How to register as a taxpayer

What happens if you do not papy tax or pay late?

VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT)

Who should register as a VAT vendor?

How do you register for VAT?

How does VAT work?

What types of business need a licence?

How to get a business licence

Does the business licence have to be renewed?

Formalising the employment relationship with employees

Occupational Health and Safety

Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COIDA)

Skills Development Fund and Levy

Unemployment benefits (UIF)

Employee’s tax – PAYE

Close Corporation (CC)

Sole trader or sole proprietor (Owner)

Categories of SMMEs

PROBLEMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

SUPPORT FOR SMMEs

ADMINISTRATION SKILLS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

EXPORTING AND IMPORTING

BUSINESS LICENCES

REGISTRATIONS AS A NEW EMPLOYER

TYPES OF BUSINESSES

TYPES OF BUSINESSES

If you want to start a business, you must decide whether you want your business to be:

A sole trader or sole proprietor
A partnership
A close corporation (from 1 May 2011 no new closed corporations were allowed to be created, or conversions from company to closed corporation were allowed, however existing entities can continue to operate)
A company

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