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Digital and Analytics
We have developed distinctive capabilities in digital advisory and data analytics that are key to the success of dynamic organisations.
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Business Consulting
Our business consulting services help organisations improve operational performance and productivity throughout the growth life cycle.
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Corporate Finance & Restructuring
We combine our insights and experience to provide a comprehensive range of advisory and corporate finance and restructuring solutions.
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Internal Audit
Our internal audit service is designed to provide both assurance and consulting assistance on the adequacy and effectiveness of an organisation’s system of internal controls.
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Business Risk Services
Our service is focused on enabling broader risk coverage and proactive management of risks for the achievement of organisational strategy.
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Business Process Solutions
We work with a multitude of organizations to improve their finance function efficiency, reduce costs associated with business processes and provide a complete solution to the challenge faced by South African organizations.
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Programme Assurance & Advisory
Our aim is to protect shareholder value by providing Assurance and Advisory services on change portfolios and large-scale programmes to assist organisations.
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Forensic Services
Our forensic capability is integrated with our wider advisory services – not an add-on.
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Cyber Advisory
Our Cyber Advisory service is designed to help you identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber-attacks.
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IT Advisory Services
We help clients to navigate the complexities and provide you with robust independent assurance that your IT risks, key management priorities and core systems are being appropriately managed.
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SNG ARGEN
We have a dynamic actuarial team set to assist businesses to comply with the audit standards where actuarial services are required.
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General Audit
We provide a sound statutory audit of financial statements specialising in both listed entities and state-owned organisations.
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Financial Services Group (FSG)
The Financial Services Group (FSG) offers specialised audit and advisory solutions to the banking, treasury and financial services sectors.
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Technical Excellence
We have a well-established specialized technical division, with in-depth, local and international knowledge and experience, which consists of three units namely; Accounting, Audit and Sustainability reporting.
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Corporate Tax
We offer your business access to a global network of tax specialists in over 130 countries with extensive corporate tax technical skills to provide meaningful advice and adding value to your organization.
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Value-Added Tax
We can manage your overall exposure to indirect taxes, guide you through complex South African Value-Added Tax (VAT) legislation.
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Global Mobility
Taxes can be complicated, but the SNG Grant Thornton approach is to assist the new assignee with a clear and easy process.
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Customs and Excise Tax
Our Customs and Excise team assist traders with driving cost-effective supply chains while maintaining legitimate trade.
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Tax Technology
This is the lynchpin of our tax audit and advisory approach in making the tax function of our clients effective in data management tools.
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International Tax & Transfer Pricing
Our team is ideally suited to serve large multinationals and other global companies that need on the ground expertise in multiple jurisdictions, given our extensive network of offices around the globe.
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Specific Focus Areas
We have a team of dedicated tax specialists with deep knowledge to bring practical and cost-effective tax solutions to our clients and assist entities operating within these sectors to effectively manage their tax needs.
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Business Consulting
We provide fit-for-purpose solutions to address major challenges the Education sector faces by supporting our clients.
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Employees’ Tax Services
Its important to ensure that the institution complies with the tax legislation and that all payroll records are accurate and complete.
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Programme Assurance & Advisory
The need for sound project management and effective solution delivery gives you the edge in competitive markets.
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Forensic Services
Fraud detection review and forensic investigation for Higher Education
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Digital and Analytics
The digitalisation of processes within the higher education sector leads to increased data generation. This data can be an essential asset when leveraged correctly.
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Cyber Security Services
There is no one-size-fits-all security solution to preventing all attacks, but we have cybersecurity strategies that education institutions can use to minimise cyber threats.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs)
SDG Impact Standards Training Course
SNG Grant Thornton is a proud Diamond Sponsor for the 2022 Tax Indaba - The Uneven Path to Recovery.
The Line-up
![Khanyisa Cingo-Ngandu CA (SA)](/globalassets/1.-member-firms/south-africa/meet-our-people/jhb/khanyisa--240x270.jpg)
Khanyisa is currently serving as the Head of Tax division at SNG Grant Thornton. She has more than 10 years of her work experience specializing in Tax, and her passion for innovation has led to new technology developments within the Tax environment, providing an enormous benefit for our clients. These include VAT analytical tools and Global tax Compliance Tracker.
![Mabutho Mthembu](/contentassets/4e24f56b7e334f87b4f915c372ee166d/mabutho---white.png)
Mabutho is a Senior Manager – Value-Added Tax at SNG Grant Thornton. He has over 15 years of experience in Tax, specializing in Value-Added Tax. He was previously with KPMG South Africa as a Senior Tax Manager, which included 15 months of secondment with KPMG Lower Gulf, Dubai, where he was involved in implementing VAT in the United Arab Emirates. Mabutho had a stint at General Electric in which he was a VAT Manager for Sub-Sahara Africa, responsible for VAT compliance and consulting services in over 15 countries.
![Raeesa Haneef - Attorney of the High Court of SA](/contentassets/76a2d39d599c4aa5b6f8434e86380630/raeesa-hannef_240x277-002.jpg)
Raeesa Haneef is an International Tax Specialist at SNG Grant Thornton. She is also an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa (Law of Society of South Africa) with 8 years of experience within the tax arena. Her experience extends to several tax areas, including local and cross-border transactions and corporate simplification and restructurings.
AGENDA
DAY 1 - Theme: Tax and Fiscal Policy megatrends
10:45 – 11:30 Base erosion in a deglobalised world
Raeesa Haneef and Michael Hewson
The days of free investment flows of the early 2000s are long gone. The OECD and other multi-laterals are pushing countries to protect their revenues against offshore avoidance. This session explores the latest global trends and South Africa’s course in a deglobalising world.
DAY 2 - Theme: Domestic Business Tax Consideration (Virtual)
09:45 – 10:30 Electronic services as a VAT enterprise
Mabutho Mthembu, Severus Smuts, Suzanne van der Merwe and Desigin Soobramoney
Electronic services have become an increasing mode of doing business. This session explores the dynamics of making that business a VAT enterprise, especially in a group setting.
10:45 – 11:30 Buybacks and other extraordinary distributions
Khanyisa Cingo-Ngandu, Itumeleng Nkadimeng, Emil Brincker and Lesley Bosman
Buybacks and extraordinary distributions have been a key part of corporate transactional planning for quite some time, with a treasury intervening to stop perceived abuse. The question is what's left on the table or whether some avoidance measures have gone too far.