Sage Pastel Payroll & HR is creating South Africa’s first-ever live infographic and there is R10 000 up for grabs for the people helping to build it.
The infographic displays in real time what South Africans like you are expecting to see from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget Speech on 26 February.
To participate, people simply answer 10 easy questions on the Web site and can then watch as the infographic grows and changes as more South Africans take part. Everyone who answers the questions will be entered into the competition. People are able to earn additional entries into the competition by sharing the competition via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or via e-mail.
On budget day, people will be able to follow us for all the Budget Speech updates as it happens, realtime.
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR will give blow-by-blow Budget Speech updates, including the most popular conversations around the Budget Speech, most popular words and key phrases that are searched for on Google on the day can view all the live tweets relating to the Budget Speech announcement on 26 February.
As Minister Gordhan is wrapping up his speech, the company’s tax wizards will be working to create a range of content that will help taxpayers and business owners understand what the Budget means for them.
The Sage Pastel Payroll & HR website will feature the Budget Speech transcripts, supporting documents and a handy Tax Guide for the 2014/2015 tax year. There will also be a free updated salary tax calculator where you can enter your salary, relevant allowances and contributions to see whether you’ll pay more or less tax in the new tax year.
Users will be able to download a free online travel logbook that is SARS compliant and that allows them to keep track of travel claims throughout the year and view a summary at the end of the tax year Sage Pastel Payroll & HR’s also offers tax seminars for business owners.
Sumay Dippenaar, marketing manager at Sage Pastel Payroll & HR, comments: “Against the backdrop of a looming national election and a difficult global economy, this is certainly going to be an interesting Budget Speech to watch. Whatever emerges from Minister Gordhan’s speech, our tools and content will help you to understand what this year’s Budget will mean for you as an employee or as the owner of a business.”
Madelein van der Watt, development manager at Sage Pastel Payroll & HR, predicts that Minister Gordhan will not surprise the country with any new taxes and that he will continue to allocate most of the personal income tax relief to lower income earners and the elderly.
Sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco products as well as fuel levies are likely to go up, as has become tradition. The lion’s share of revenue allocation during this year’s Budget announcement should likely go to health services, education and social grants.
