Chovia Accounting

Chovia Accounting Cloud-based bookkeeping, payroll, Tax compliance, and management reporting for growing businesses. Book a free consultation at choviaaccounting.com

We regularly sit down with business owners who are hearing some of this for the first time.Not because anyone was carele...
03/09/2026

We regularly sit down with business owners who are hearing some of this for the first time.

Not because anyone was careless. Because nobody tells you.

You register a company, the certificates arrive, and that’s often where the explaining stops.

There are five key compliance areas to keep an eye on, but most businesses aren’t dealing with all five from day one.

The important part is knowing what applies to you, when it’s due, and having someone keep an eye on it.

That’s a first-week conversation, not a project.

At Chovia Accounting, we set this up so you can focus on running your business and leave the compliance to us.

Find out more: choviaaccounting.com

The hardest part of catching up on your books is usually the phone call.Most business owners we speak to have been putti...
01/09/2026

The hardest part of catching up on your books is usually the phone call.

Most business owners we speak to have been putting it off for months. They expect a lecture. They get a scope, a fixed price, and a date by which everything will be current.

That is the whole process. Catch up once, then stay current with a monthly retainer.

If your books have been sitting in the “I will deal with it later” pile, later is fine. Let us sort it out.

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Most owners think the job is done when the invoice is sent.Sending gets you paid. Recording is what tells you who still ...
10/08/2026

Most owners think the job is done when the invoice is sent.

Sending gets you paid. Recording is what tells you who still owes you and what you actually earned.

What we see constantly:

The invoice gets typed in Word, or raised or on an app. It does the job it was built for, which is collecting.

Nothing carries it into the books. Income ends up reported off the bank statement, which is a different number to what you actually invoiced.

Then the follow-up nobody wants to write. Asking to be paid for work you already delivered makes you uneasy.

The fix is less admin, not more. An invoice raised in one place is recorded the moment it goes out, lands on a list of who owes you what, and then chases itself. The reminders send themselves, so you never write that message again.

This is some of the work we do for SMEs.

August is a heavy month for business owners, and the weight is mostly cash.7 August: EMP201 for your July payroll.31 Aug...
27/07/2026

August is a heavy month for business owners, and the weight is mostly cash.

7 August: EMP201 for your July payroll.
31 August: VAT201 and payment, if your VAT period ended 31 July.
31 August: first provisional tax, if you have a February year end.

Easiest way through August is a set of July books that are already closed.

Need a hand with any of it? That is what we are here for.

You registered your Pty Ltd. So did SARS! And they're not the only ones expecting things from you.From the day your comp...
20/07/2026

You registered your Pty Ltd. So did SARS! And they're not the only ones expecting things from you.

From the day your company is registered, it has duties to keep up with, even before the first sale. Tap through for the six every small company needs to know: income tax returns, provisional tax, VAT, PAYE, COIDA and annual financial statements.

Need a hand with any of these? That's what we're here for. choviaaccounting.com

Sending your bookkeeper a WhatsApp photo of every slip feels organised. The problem is what happens next: someone still ...
20/07/2026

Sending your bookkeeper a WhatsApp photo of every slip feels organised. The problem is what happens next: someone still has to retype each one, usually weeks later in a monthly catch-up.

That lag is the real cost. Your accounts run a few weeks behind reality, so a cash squeeze shows up in the numbers after the decisions that mattered have already been made.

With automated capture and bank feeds, the same photo goes into the system instead of a chat, and the books stay close to current. Same information, weeks earlier, while you can still act on it.

That is the actual argument for automating this. Not fewer admin hours, better timing on decisions.

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Sole proprietor or Pty Ltd? It is one of the first questions new business owners ask us, and the honest answer is that i...
18/07/2026

Sole proprietor or Pty Ltd? It is one of the first questions new business owners ask us, and the honest answer is that it depends on your numbers.

A company protects your personal assets and pays a flat 27% tax, but it brings more admin and its own filings. A sole prop is simpler to run, but business debts are your debts and profits are taxed at personal rates of up to 45%.

There is a crossover point where switching starts paying for itself. If you are not sure which side of it you are on, that is a conversation worth having.

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If you pay an accountant every month, this is what you should be getting: every bank account reconciled to the cent, VAT...
17/07/2026

If you pay an accountant every month, this is what you should be getting: every bank account reconciled to the cent, VAT and payroll filed before deadline, payslips on time, a management report in plain English, and cash flow warnings before problems arrive.

Missing one of these? Ask us why: choviaaccounting.com

Ever hesitated to call your accountant because the clock starts running the moment they pick up? That is the problem wit...
14/07/2026

Ever hesitated to call your accountant because the clock starts running the moment they pick up? That is the problem with hourly billing. It punishes questions and rewards slowness.

We work on one fixed monthly fee, agreed before we start. Ask us anything, no meter running.

Book a free 30-minute chat: choviaaccounting.com

30 minutes. Free. An honest read on your books, your taxes, and what getting them sorted should cost.Cloud bookkeeping, ...
10/07/2026

30 minutes. Free. An honest read on your books, your taxes, and what getting them sorted should cost.

Cloud bookkeeping, SARS compliance, payroll and reporting for growing South African businesses. One fixed monthly fee, no hourly billing.

Worst case? You walk away with a second opinion.
Book yours at choviaaccounting.com

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