Vague progress, zero visibility
Updates from your accountant never come with an issue list you can actually check.
Accounting rescue for South African businesses
Messy books in. SARS-ready financials out.
TaxProof reconstructs neglected financial records, recovers the evidence behind every number, and prepares financials your accountant, your bank and SARS can actually work with. A specialist team does the work. Documented human review protects the result.
- No obligation
- Straight answers in 20 minutes
- Your documents stay confidential
TaxProof · Diagnostic
Sample
SARS-Ready Financials Diagnostic
Illustrative output, shown so you know exactly what you receive.
- Issue register
- 14 items Flagged
- Missing invoice value
- R48 200 Tracing
- VAT input errors
- 3 found Review
- Deduction opportunities
- R22 400 Found
Cleanup plan
Ready
+R50k penalties avoided
NDA first. Records stay confidential
If nobody can give you a straight answer about your own numbers, the problem is already expensive. We make the answer visible.
R35kAnnual VAT saving identified
R50kInterest and penalties avoided
AFSAnnual financial statements completed
Cross-borderNon-standard VAT matters reviewed
Selected outcomes from prior client work, based on records and circumstances supplied. Results vary by business.
Sound familiar?
Six signs your books are quietly costing you money.
Tax figures that arrive high
VAT, PAYE or income tax numbers land with no explanation of what drove them up.
Data capture dumped on you
Statements and receipts pile up on the owner's desk instead of a professional's.
Evidence goes missing
Invoices cannot be found when SARS, the bank or the auditor asks for them.
Deductions never claimed
You suspect allowable expenses were missed, but nobody has checked properly.
Numbers the bank won't accept
You need funding, but your financials cannot survive lender scrutiny yet.
Recognise two or more? The next twenty minutes are free.
One clear first step
Start with the SARS-Ready Financials Diagnostic.
Before you approve another unexplained figure or hand over more documents, establish exactly what is happening in your books. One focused review. Four deliverables you can hold.
You receiveWhat it does for you
01A visible issue registerEvery problem ranked by risk across bank feeds, ledgers, payroll data and VAT schedules. No more vague progress reports.
02A missing-evidence mapThe exact invoices, statements and explanations that must be found before any figure can be trusted.
03A VAT, PAYE and ITR14 readiness viewWhere further review or registered-practitioner involvement is required before anything is filed.
04A defined cleanup scopeA written plan for the full engagement, so cost is agreed only once the work is understood.
A controlled engagement
You answer exceptions. The system handles the reconstruction.
Each phase produces a visible output, so you always know what is complete and what remains.
Protect and map
NDA signed, scope agreed, accounting systems and document sources mapped.
Reconstruct and recover
The transaction trail is rebuilt and available source evidence is matched to it.
Review the exceptions
Only unclear, missing or unusual items come back to you. Nothing else lands on your desk.
Deliver and hand over
Corrected records, issue schedules, readiness workpapers and practitioner handoff requirements.
Start to finish, one team
Everything from cleanup to submission, handled with a human touch.
Our goal is the same as your goal: we don't just want to submit your taxes. We want to make sure you are minimising and optimising your taxes going forward. From the first messy ledger to the final SARS confirmation, one accountable team carries the work start to finish, and a human always answers when you call.
Personal income tax (ITR12)Individual returns prepared, reviewed and submitted.
Company income tax (ITR14)Corporate returns backed by clean workpapers.
VAT registrations & VAT201sRegistration, schedule prep and deadline-managed submissions.
PAYE, UIF & SDLEmployer declarations and filings kept current every month.
Provisional tax (IRP6)Estimates and top-ups planned so surprises never arrive.
IRP5 certificatesEmployee tax certificates reconciled to payroll records.
Tax clearance certificatesCompliance status repaired, then certified with SARS.
Payment allocationsUnallocated credits traced and applied to outstanding tax debt.
Disputes, objections & appealsNOO and NOA filings pursued, penalties remitted where deserved.
SARS debt managementArrangements negotiated when debt cannot be paid at once.
Annual financial statementsAFS compiled from records that can be defended.
Customs tax mattersCustoms requirements handled with specialist partners.
Every engagement runs NDA-first. Regulated submissions and tax advice move through registered tax-practitioner partners where required, coordinated by TaxProof from first document to final submission.
Real work, real impact
Real engagements. Measurable impact.
Every outcome below is shared with our client's written permission. Names and identifying details are always withheld; the numbers are theirs to keep or to let us learn from. Results vary according to each business's records and circumstances.
Western Cape hospitality business
All tax types brought current, incorrectly captured expenses identified and corrected, and annual financial statements generated for the company.
R35kannual VAT saved
R50kinterest and penalties avoided
R2ksaved on annual CIPC payments
AFSfinancial statements produced
Documented vehicle-related expenses were also reviewed for complete capture. Any tax treatment requires assessment against the client's facts and applicable requirements.
Property business
Years of scanned bank statements were rebuilt into a clean, structured transaction base so income and expenses could be allocated for annual financial statements.
When the accountants failed to deliver, allocation and cleanup moved to TaxProof for faster execution.
Builta clean transaction base from scans
AFS-readyallocation completed for statements
Owner-managed services company
The prior compilation had routed the lion's share of company profit through directors' remuneration. We rebuilt the annual financial statements from substantiated evidence, bringing properly documented vehicle expenses into the company so distributable profit sat where it belonged.
R100k+payable tax saved across the structure
AFScorrected and recompiled
The same business carries an income structure most practices decline outright: every filing draws continuous document requests from SARS. For our team that verification load is routine, and the file stays ahead of every request.
Any tax treatment depends on the company's facts, the evidence available and applicable requirements. Figures reflect this engagement's documented outcome.
Why businesses trust us
Reliability you can inspect, not a story you have to believe.
- NDA before records
- Sensitive documents move only after confidentiality and access boundaries are agreed in writing.
- Bespoke, not templated
- Every engagement is built around your records, your industry and your goals. Nothing important is delegated to a generic checklist.
- Visible work status
- Issue registers, evidence maps and exception lists mean progress can be inspected at any time, not just reported.
- South African focus
- Workflows designed around local SME bookkeeping, VAT, PAYE, ITR14 and AFS requirements.
- Practitioner pathway
- Regulated submissions, tax advice and tax-practitioner services move through registered partners where required.
Before you book
Straight answers to the questions that stop businesses from acting.
Can TaxProof submit tax returns?
TaxProof prepares bookkeeping records, schedules, workpapers and submission-support systems. Regulated tax-practitioner services, tax advice and submissions are handled through registered partners where required.
Who actually works on my books?
A named specialist team works on your records under documented review procedures. Every classification traces back to a source document or a recorded assumption, so any figure can still be explained months later.
What if invoices or receipts are missing?
The transaction trail is rebuilt first. Available email, supplier, accounting-package and document evidence is then matched to it, with unresolved items placed on a clear missing-evidence list.
Do I have to capture all the data myself?
No. The process is designed so you only answer the exceptions that cannot be determined safely from available records.
Can you help prepare a business loan application pack?
Yes. Once the underlying records are reliable, TaxProof prepares management information and supporting schedules for lender review within an agreed scope.
What if a submission requires additional documentation?
SARS frequently comes back with follow-up requests, verification letters or audit notices. We prepare and package the additional documentation, respond within SARS deadlines, and manage the process through to resolution. If a current or future audit emerges, we assemble the evidence trail behind your numbers and stand with you until it is closed. You never face SARS correspondence alone.
Stop guessing
The next deadline arrives whether your books are ready or not. Walk in prepared.
Book the free 20-minute consultation. Worst case, you leave with a far clearer picture of your numbers than you came with.
- 20 minutes
- No obligation
- NDA first
Compliance note
TaxProof Accounting SA provides bespoke accounting cleanup, data review, deduction-discovery workflows, SARS-readiness workpapers, and submission-support systems. Tax-practitioner services, tax advice, tax optimisation opinions, and regulated SARS submissions are handled through registered tax-practitioner partners where required.