Mariette Cruywagen

International VAT Principles Multi-Stage Tax Value-Added Tax (VAT) is designed to collect tax through a staged process. Each business in the supply chain takes part in the process of controlling and…

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” – Brothers Grimm, “Snow White” Where it all started Tax evolved like many things in the world we experience today. Taxes were already…

“I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.” - Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party The now Have you ever wondered…

"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones." Benjamin Franklin Organisations generally, when starting a business in…

“When the map and the territory don’t agree, always believe the territory”  Gause and Weinberg – describing Swedish Army Training Easier said than done Tax risk management in Africa reminds me of how…

Uncertainty “When nothing is sure, everything is possible” – Margaret Drabble So often when people find out that I travel to Africa, the first thing I am asked is whether I ever feel unsafe. My…