Minimizing falsified financial reports
just an opinion on South African taxes
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https://doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v13i2.3169Keywords:
Accounting, Additional Funding Source, Financial Management, Pensioner, TaxpayerAbstract
The study criticizes the way South Africa collects taxes from different segments of the population, primarily pensioners and workers with two sources of income. It also condemns the ineffective manner in which it administers some tax payouts, especially in the unfairness that has shown bias to some groups. Primarily, taxing of the pensioners is condemned, as well as the taxing of second earnings of employees, mainly where there were victims of the apartheid policies. The paper recommends taxing people with caution, in order not to perpetuate apartheid-initiated poverty of the South African masses of people, and in cases where earners who are being taxed could be having extra financial responsibilities. In order to resolve these problems, taxpayers and tax preparers should make sure that tax laws are applied correctly, that they are aware of the consequences of breaking the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and that they routinely review and update their tax return positions in response to modifications to accounting standards and tax legislation.
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