Webinars On-Demand

Accounting (IFRS, etc) 

• Standards – What’s new? 

  • IFRS Monthly news summary 

• Accounting issues 

  • SAICA: Exposure Draft on Headline Earnings Circular 2026 

  • IFRS for SMEs Educational Module 29 - Income Tax 

  • SAICA: Educational material on illustrative examples on reporting uncertainties in the financial statements  

Auditing (IRBA, IAASB, etc): 

• Standards:  

  • IAASB: Proposed Revisions to 3 Core Standards 

  • IRBA: Feedback on the IAASB’s Proposed Revisions to 3 ISAs addressing Audit Evidence, Responses to Assessed Risks and Analytical Review 

• Other:  

  • CAQ: US Audit Committee Insights - August 2026 

  • PCAOB: New Q&A Resource to Help Auditors Implement Quality Control Standard 

CIPC: 

• Notices and Practice Notes issued (enforcement and to customers): 

  • Notice 41 of 2026: Validation of customer profiles to prevent the use of duplicate email and cell phone numbers 

Anti-Money Laundering and FICA 

• FIC Advisory & Guidance:  

  • Guidance Note 7B re Implementation of various aspects of FICA 

  • TFS List updated 

  • Draft Joint Standard requirements pertaining to beneficial owners 

• Important issues: 

  • IMF: Global Financial Stability Report 2026 

  • How IFAC Is Strengthening the Accountancy Profession's Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows 

Sustainability & Integrated Reporting 

• Important issues: 

  • CIPC: Establishment of the National Adoption Readiness Working Group (ARWG) on Sustainability Reporting 

  • IESBA Video: Introduction to the Global Ethics Sustainability Standards 

  • CAQ: S&P 500 Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Analysis 

  • ISSB: Nature-related Disclosures 

  • ISSB: SASB Standards Enhancement 

Technology 

• Important issues: 

  • FSCA: Joint Standard on Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Requirements 

  • FSCA: Determination of notification template for material IT and cyber incidents 

Labour Law: 

• Employment law: 

  • Investigation into the National Minimum Wage 

•  COIDA Update: 

  • Tips on working with COIDA  

Other Laws & Regulations affecting your client AND impact on NOCLAR: 

• This month’s big 5: 

  • SAICA Legal Update 2026 Volume 21 Issue 14 covers new relevant National laws up to 7 Aug 2026: 

  • SAICA Legal Update 2026 Volume 21 Issue 15 covers new relevant National laws up to 28 Aug 2026: 

• Other acts and articles: 

  • Draft Regulation of Trust Bill 2026 

  • Draft Legal Practice Amendment Bill 2026 

  • Draft regulations governing the administering of an oath or affirmation  

  • NT: A Framework to Centralise Unclaimed Financial Assets in South Africa 

  • Draft Executive Members’ Ethics Amendment Bill 

  • Draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities 

SARS: 

• Guides (new, updated & issued): 

  • Tax Guide for Share Owners (Issue 9) 

  • Advance Pricing Agreements Guide + related income tax notices 

  • Guide to the Tax Compliance Status (TCS) functionality on eFiling 

• Binding Rulings (Private/Class/General) issued:  

  • BPR 429 – Cash grant to an employee incentive trust and the vesting of shares in qualifying employees 

  • BPR 430 – Distribution of a loan claim 

• Notices and other publications issued: 

  • NT re VAT: Significance of export-related regulatory amendments 

  • Media release: SARS urges schools to apply for VAT deregistration 

  • Media release: SARS invites public input on a new digital VAT model to modernise VAT administration 

  • VAT Explanatory Memoranda 2026 

  • Media Release: SARS Customs intercepts more than 333kg of cocaine worth over R167 million at OR Tambo International Airport 

  • EMP501: 21 September to 31 October 2026 

• Taxpayers must be on the lookout for New Scams: 

  • SCAM-398 – Notice of Assessment 

  • SCAM-399 – Notice of Assessment ITA34 

Regulator news: 

• IRBA News & press releases: 

  • News #74 

  • Proposed Competency Framework (Revised 2026) 

• SAICA press releases and other publications: 

  • IRBA SAAPS 3 (Revised) Comment Letter 

  • Submission on the IPSASB ED 97 on Making Materiality Judgements 

  • Half-yearly financial reporting newsletter (January to June 2026) 

• CIPC:  

  • 15th Anniversary and a decade of consecutive clean audits 

• Companies Tribunal:  

  • 24 Cases finalised in Aug 2026  

  • Newsletter: Tribunal Volume 1 2026 

• Information Regulator:  

  • Media briefing on POPIA and PAIA contraventions (including High-profile cases, Enforcements and Investigations) 

  • Data breaches remain serious concern 

• FSCA publications & press releases:  

  • FSCA imposes debarment orders on Mr Eric Anthony Wood and Mr Niven Magandheran Pillay  

  • Money Smart Week South Africa (MSWSA) 2026 

  • 12 Warnings issued against fraudulent FSPs 

• SARS:  

  • Latest Tax Exempt Institutions Connect Newsletter – Aug 2026 

  • Monthly Tax Digest – Aug 2026 edition 

  • Latest SMME Connect Newsletter – edition 15 

General Announcements / News Releases: 

• Media articles:  

  • Information Regulator takes on MTN & OUTsurance about spam calls 

  • Deadlines