Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in core business functions such as audit and finance. At the recent Terrapinn Accounting & Finance Show 2020, Russell Isakow and Suhail Moosa, Engagement Manager and Consultant at Letsema respectively, spoke on a panel that discussed the effect of technology and data on finance, auditing and accounting functions. […]

In the next installment of Letsema Talks, we speak to Moshe Unterslak, a Consultant at Letsema, about FICA, the associated 2017 Amendment Act and its impact on financial institutions and the regulatory environment they operate in. Our conversation follows Moshe’s recent article, FICA Amendment Act: What you need to know. To find out how Letsema’s […]

Financial institutions are constantly being confronted with greater scrutiny, increasing tax audits, and regulatory changes. The requirement to find more efficient and effective ways of conducting global tax information reporting, including but not limited to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Common Reporting Standard, has become a vital business need. In the past, […]

Regulatory changes by the state and the agencies acting on their behalf have become a status quo for financial institutions, adding to their already onerous compliance requirements. The Mutual Evaluation Report is one measure which seeks to analyse the implementation and effectiveness of measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Compiled by the Financial […]

When I attended Oxford University between 1990 and 1991, I met and got to know Adrian Enthoven very well, with our paths overlapping while I was there. When I came back to South Africa in 1991, by the end of the year, Adi introduced me to his father Dick who, with his brother, Patrick Enthoven, […]