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Self assessment
December 2008 - June 2009
| Compared to last year, how much has the online process for self assessment been improved? | |
| No improvement (8) |  27% |
| Slight improvement (12) | 40% |
| Big improvement (9) | 30% |
| Unsure (1) | 3% |
Total Votes: 30
Late Payment
July 2008-November 2008
| What would be the most effective Government action to improve the late payment culture for small businesses? | |
| forbidding companies from imposing payment periods longer then 30 days (16) | 30% |
| forcing public companies and bodies to disclose their payment times, with clear penalties if they fail to comply (19) | 36% |
| leading by example and improving their own payment culture. (18) | 34% |
Total Votes: 53
Increase in Capital Gains Tax
November 2007-March 2008
| Following the announcement about the changes to the Capital Gains Tax in the pre-budget report, have you seen a rise in your clients wishing to sell their business? | |
| Yes (23) | 64% |
| No (13) | 36% |
Total Votes: 36
Graduate Trainee Accountants
October 2006-March 2007
| Do you think supporting and retaining graduate trainee accountants through their studies is more difficult for small business compared to larger organisations? | |
| Yes (2227) | 81% |
| No (527) | 19% |
Total Votes: 2754
New Pension Obligations for SMEs
May-September 2006
| The Government is likely to require all employers without a workplace pension scheme to contribute 3% of workers' pay to a new national scheme. What will be the financial impact of this plan on SMEs? | |
| They will react by freezing recruitment and/or pay increases (138) | 55% |
| They will charge more for their goods or services (77) | 31% |
| The new scheme will have no significant impact on SMEs' finances (36) | 14% |
Total Votes: 251
Tax Filing Deadlines
April-May 2006
| The Carter report recommends revised filing deadlines of either 30 September for SA paper returns or 30 November for SA on-line returns. Do you think that, if implemented, this recommendation would have a positive or negative impact on the clients you represent/the business you work for? | |
| Positive (29) | 16% |
| Negative (125) | 69% |
| No impact (11) | 6% |
| Don't know (17) | 9% |
Total Votes: 182