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Management reports are essential for businesses that want to keep up with a changing, dynamic landscape. They give a useful...

What is Dext Precision? Dext Precision is a cloud-based software tool that plugs into Xero (or Quickbooks Online) and runs...

Focus sessions are an integral part of how we deliver financial management services and ensure value for our clients. It’s...

Building the world’s best finance team for high-growth SMEs means bringing together a group of professionals who are more than...

COIDA stands for Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act. It is essentially an act that ensures no-fault compensation for...

Traditionally, business intelligence tools were reserved for well-established businesses capable of affording such solutions. But Creative CFO believes that SMEs...

Death is one of those inevitable life occurrences that affect everyone yet still catches one off guard. In the event...

Cape Town, South Africa Business advisory firm Creative CFO has recently launched Creative Growth Capital, its very own investment vehicle...

For South African business owners, the economic stability of Europe coupled with business-friendly legislation makes the continent a desirable place...

When the ground starts to shake around Cape Canaveral, it is a matter of seconds before a rocket is launched...

In the world today, a cautious sense of relief is beginning to take hold as vaccines are increasingly being rolled...

In an office-based work environment, smart shoes are essential. However, as the recent pandemic has shifted meetings from board rooms...

Key Performance Indicators do just what they say on the box; they indicate how well your business is performing in...

The cash flow statement is the final piece of the puzzle when it comes to the monthly management reports that...

A balance sheet is a document that outlines the business’s value. It does this by listing three main things: the...

The profit and loss statement (or P&L in accounting jargon)  is arguably the central management statement for most SMEs, recording the...

This is a topic that is very close to my heart and I am sharing this everywhere I go. A...

While the pandemic has forced many employees to work from home, you may be wondering if you now qualify for...

Let’s say your business finds itself in a position where an investor has shown an interest in injecting cash into...

In response to COVID-19, SARS has re-designed the 2020 tax filing requirements for individuals.  Some material changes have been made...

So you’ve been thinking about growing your business and you’re full of ideas. But then you start to think about...

When working remotely one needs to put more effort and structure into coordinating teamwork, and ensuring each person can ask for...

Drowning in tax debt? Don’t owe the South African Revenue Service (SARS) the tax liability they say you do? Perhaps...

ESTABLISHING STRUCTURE AND GAINING CONTROL THROUGH TWO LEADING CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS: DEAR INVENTORY AND XERO ACCOUNTING Business type: Manufacturing Industry:  Spirits Size: ...

Introduction For many business owners, their business is an accumulation of enormous efforts over a lengthy period of time: a...

Whether you are a new startup trying to raise seed capital, determining how to allocate the company shareholding or looking...

The term “Cash is King” rings true and is crucial for the survival of any business.  Statistics have shown that 80%...

One of the main challenges for early-stage businesses in South Africa is access to funding. This is not as a...

Gaining operational independence and control through two leading cloud-based systems: Dear Inventory and Xero Accounting Business Type: Manufacturing Industry: Building Materials...

Method 3 – Manual Manufacture at the time of Assembly (finished goods represented in inventory) The idea behind this approach...

Method 2 – The monthly manufacturing process (no finished goods are represented in inventory) The basic idea behind this approach...

Xero Inventory Xero’s inventory module allows you to purchase in and sell inventory items using the average cost method. This...

This has been a month of new learnings and research for the Creative CFO systems team as we continue to explore...

April has been a busy month so far, with the new South African VAT rate now in full swing. Here...

Background Cryptocurrency is a virtual or digital currency that can be digitally traded as a medium of exchange. Virtual currencies...

December was an exciting month in the space of integrations, and the new VEND-YOCO  integration is making waves. There is now...