Save the date: May 19 & 20, 2022 9:00 AM CAT
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Our CEO Sini and Chief software developer Willem will present our next generation of new features in our software. The virtual event will be held over 2 mornings on the 19th and 20th of May 2022. Other new features will also be shown. There are also other speakers who will conduct the following sessions below.
Register once and connect with those sessions you want to attend.
Detailed below is the agenda and Bio's of the speakers.
Thu May 19
9:00 – 10:00 AM Live Session 1 The CEO Sini Naransamy and Willem Carstens introduces blow away new features in Sky.
* New Provisional Tax Calculation Estimation system for high net worth taxpayers makes provisional tax very simple accurate and quick.
* New Enquiry view screen will indicate the interaction of each taxpayer with SARS with * e-Filing with very strong filter functionality - call it a dash board if you like - we call it an enquiry.
* New Document management screen that allows you to view the status of each document sent out and the status of the digital signature.
* Much More Functionality
10:02 – 10:10 AM Recorded Session 1 Sky Digital Signatures integrated with Sky demo.
10:15 – 10:45 AM Live Session 2 Leon Van Der Merwe will talk about why the accounting profession need to buy into digital signatures and why it’s a necessity for tax communications.
10:46 – 11.30 AM 4 Live Session 3 Andrew Alt Partner and Tracy Wormald Practice Manager of Charteris Barnes discuss how Sky has changed their practice. Andrew will be talking about practice management and Tracy will talk about HR and Payroll.
11:30 – 12.00 PM Live Session 4 Earl J Steyn will show the power of Draftworx and how it has captured the working paper and financial statement drafting market and how the TB produced is integrated with Sky Tax.
12.01 - 12:25 PM Live Session 4a Magriet Barnard Chartered Accountant, mother and housewife runs Sky Tax from home. Learn how she copes with a family and tax clients.
12.30 – 13:00 AM Recorded Session 2 Demo of Sky Tax in the browser.
Fri May 20
9:00 – 10:00 AM Live Session 5 Sini will present the case of why Sky Tax and Sky Secretarial users should use Sky Time and Debtors. Run your whole time system from one screen. Tightly integrated with all the other modules. Automate all your invoicing and scalable to any size. Debtors management system with power management features. CRM.
10:03 – 10:10 AM Recorded Session 3 Know which of your clients are auto assessed so that you can make the right decision about their tax affairs!
10:15 – 10:45 AM Live Session 6 Nico Theron speaks about dispute resolution and the services his company offers. Every Tax Practitioner must know the ins and outs of Dispute Resolution because if you don't survival will be very difficult.
10:48 – 10:56 AM Recorded Session 4 See how Provisional Tax runs in the browser.
11:00 – 11:30 AM Live Session 7 Ryan Silberman will talk about social media marketing for accounting firms - the do's and dont's and what you require as a minimum.
11:35 AM – 12:35 PM Recorded Session 5 Reasons why you should use a Cash Flow Forecaster and provide additional consulting services to your clients and earn additional fees and actually save their businesses. Download yours for free.
Speakers
Leon Van Der Merwe
SigniFlow A subsidiary of PBSA Holdings Group
Leon van der Merwe is the co-founder of SigniFlow® eSignature Software where he serves as Chief Information Officer on the executive committee and board of Directors. He is responsible for product growth and leads SigniFlow’s global team with operations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore . Leon is a true technocrat with more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in driving technologies that empower organisations to modernise and digitise their business processes.
Andrew Alt
Andrew Alt is an accountant, auditor, a partner at Charteris & Barnes CC and a a director at A2A Kopano Inc. He is in charge of the audit risk committee and an implementer of digital integration solutions. Andrew has been responsible for the usage of Sky Software in the practice.
Tracy Wormald
Tracy is the Practise Accountant at Charteris & Barnes Administrative Services. Tracy has been instrumental in human resources implementing Sky Payroll and the integrated leave application system with Sky Tax.
Earl J Steyn
Earl J Steyn,Draftworx
Earl has accumulated over 20 years’ experience in financial reporting and compliance through articles, commerce and the design and development of Draftworx. Draftworx automates the drafting of financial statements across multiple reporting frameworks including FRS, IFRS SME & IFRS and included Working Papers for all assurance engagements. Draftworx is used in over 20 countries, serving over 15 000 audit, accounting and corporate entities. Draftworx is the number 1 choice for financials in South Africa according to the latest M.A.P.S survey.
Sini Naransamy
CEO of Accfin Software. Architect of Accfin's products over the last 30 years. The first to integrate tax systems with the SARS e-Filing system and the first to take an accountants back-office into the cloud. Sini through his knowledge in this field has become an expert in devising tax systems and company law secretarial systems and is an absolute expert in tax calculation systems making sure Sky Tax is the fastest tax production system in RSA. Who will forget that before SARS digitised how he devised a bar code system with a bar code gun which automatically generated a provisional tax record in Tax Manager by clicking on the bar code of an IRP6 received by SARS.
Willem Carstens
Chief Sky Software Developer. Willem is the link between the software code of Sky Software, SARS and the CIPC. He is responsible for ensuring that Sky is up to date and interfaces correctly with the 3rd parties we work with. Eg. Signiflow SARS, CIPC, Draftworx and others.
Nico Theron
Unicus Tax Specialists SA
Nico is the founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA and Unicus Tax Academy and is a registered Master Tax Practitioner with the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners. Nico also authored the book published by Lexis Nexis titled, Practical Guide to Handling Tax Disputes. He has his roots embedded in one of largest audit firms in the world and spent time at a niche tax services firm in South Africa. Nico’s experience in rendering exclusively tax focused services spans more than a decade. He has a 100% success rate in resolving tax disputes in favour of taxpayers, have obtained precedent setting rulings from SARS, has secured millions in tax refunds unlawfully withheld by SARS and saved taxpayers hundreds of millions in undue taxes, penalties and interest. His firm also has a 100% VDP (voluntary disclosure program) success rate. Nico also, from time to time, trains other tax professionals across South Africa at the request of The South African Institute for Tax Professionals and lectures on tax dispute resolution and tax administration at the University of Pretoria for both tax and accounting honours students and at WITS for their masters students. Nico also serves as chairman of SAIT’s Tax Administration Technical Work Group.
Ryan Silberman
Ryan Silberman Bio Ryan Silberman, family man, Industrial Engineer and award winning entrepreneur is the CEO of Webfluential - a Global Influencer Performance Marketing Platform reaching over 2 Billion people. With over 15 years of experience across media, advertising, FMCG, Financial Services, Automotive, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Retail industries, Silberman’s refreshing take on growth opens up new areas of thought for real business results. 2019 - Current: CEO Webfluential. 2021 - Current: SABJE (South African Board of Jewish Education) Board Member. 2018 - 2021: Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) Communications Officer on the Johannesburg and Africa Regional Board. Global Digital, Marketing and Media Network Board Member 2016 - Current: Private Equity investments in Fintech, Martech, FMCG, electronics and fashion industries. Covering US, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and LATAM. 2018 - 2019 Global Publicis Shopper Marketing Board Member. 2016 - 2019: Successfully repositioned Arc Worldwide South Africa (a Publicis Groupe Company), doubled topline revenue and grew earnings by over 400%. 2007 - 2015: Successfully co-founded, built and exited ad-tech company Popimedia - the only FMP (Facebook Marketing Partner) in Africa. A role that, together with his partners, won him the ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2014. Popimedia faced fierce competition from global agencies, Silicon Valley and Facebook themselves, yet went on to dominate the market and eventually sold to Publicis Groupe - one of the largest agencies in the world. 2004 - 2006 Lead numerous consulting projects in Banking, FMCG, Beverage, Medical, Pulp & Paper industries. Deliverables included optimization of processes and efficiencies and strategic initiatives to increase market share. 1999 - 2003: BSc. Industrial Engineering - University of The Witwatersrand.
Let's get you registered click here:
https://event.gotowebinar.com/event/feb585f2-55e9-4763-8bea-26ffe51e22cc
After registering, you'll get a confirmation email about joining the event.
Our CEO Sini and Chief software developer Willem will present our next generation of new features in our software. The virtual event will be held over 2 mornings on the 19th and 20th of May 2022. Other new features will also be shown. There are also other speakers who will conduct the following sessions below.
Register once and connect with those sessions you want to attend.
Detailed below is the agenda and Bio's of the speakers.
Thu May 19
9:00 – 10:00 AM Live Session 1 The CEO Sini Naransamy and Willem Carstens introduces blow away new features in Sky.
* New Provisional Tax Calculation Estimation system for high net worth taxpayers makes provisional tax very simple accurate and quick.
* New Enquiry view screen will indicate the interaction of each taxpayer with SARS with * e-Filing with very strong filter functionality - call it a dash board if you like - we call it an enquiry.
* New Document management screen that allows you to view the status of each document sent out and the status of the digital signature.
* Much More Functionality
10:02 – 10:10 AM Recorded Session 1 Sky Digital Signatures integrated with Sky demo.
10:15 – 10:45 AM Live Session 2 Leon Van Der Merwe will talk about why the accounting profession need to buy into digital signatures and why it’s a necessity for tax communications.
10:46 – 11.30 AM 4 Live Session 3 Andrew Alt Partner and Tracy Wormald Practice Manager of Charteris Barnes discuss how Sky has changed their practice. Andrew will be talking about practice management and Tracy will talk about HR and Payroll.
11:30 – 12.00 PM Live Session 4 Earl J Steyn will show the power of Draftworx and how it has captured the working paper and financial statement drafting market and how the TB produced is integrated with Sky Tax.
12.01 - 12:25 PM Live Session 4a Magriet Barnard Chartered Accountant, mother and housewife runs Sky Tax from home. Learn how she copes with a family and tax clients.
12.30 – 13:00 AM Recorded Session 2 Demo of Sky Tax in the browser.
Fri May 20
9:00 – 10:00 AM Live Session 5 Sini will present the case of why Sky Tax and Sky Secretarial users should use Sky Time and Debtors. Run your whole time system from one screen. Tightly integrated with all the other modules. Automate all your invoicing and scalable to any size. Debtors management system with power management features. CRM.
10:03 – 10:10 AM Recorded Session 3 Know which of your clients are auto assessed so that you can make the right decision about their tax affairs!
10:15 – 10:45 AM Live Session 6 Nico Theron speaks about dispute resolution and the services his company offers. Every Tax Practitioner must know the ins and outs of Dispute Resolution because if you don't survival will be very difficult.
10:48 – 10:56 AM Recorded Session 4 See how Provisional Tax runs in the browser.
11:00 – 11:30 AM Live Session 7 Ryan Silberman will talk about social media marketing for accounting firms - the do's and dont's and what you require as a minimum.
11:35 AM – 12:35 PM Recorded Session 5 Reasons why you should use a Cash Flow Forecaster and provide additional consulting services to your clients and earn additional fees and actually save their businesses. Download yours for free.
Speakers
Leon Van Der Merwe
SigniFlow A subsidiary of PBSA Holdings Group
Leon van der Merwe is the co-founder of SigniFlow® eSignature Software where he serves as Chief Information Officer on the executive committee and board of Directors. He is responsible for product growth and leads SigniFlow’s global team with operations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore . Leon is a true technocrat with more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in driving technologies that empower organisations to modernise and digitise their business processes.
Andrew Alt
Andrew Alt is an accountant, auditor, a partner at Charteris & Barnes CC and a a director at A2A Kopano Inc. He is in charge of the audit risk committee and an implementer of digital integration solutions. Andrew has been responsible for the usage of Sky Software in the practice.
Tracy Wormald
Tracy is the Practise Accountant at Charteris & Barnes Administrative Services. Tracy has been instrumental in human resources implementing Sky Payroll and the integrated leave application system with Sky Tax.
Earl J Steyn
Earl J Steyn,Draftworx
Earl has accumulated over 20 years’ experience in financial reporting and compliance through articles, commerce and the design and development of Draftworx. Draftworx automates the drafting of financial statements across multiple reporting frameworks including FRS, IFRS SME & IFRS and included Working Papers for all assurance engagements. Draftworx is used in over 20 countries, serving over 15 000 audit, accounting and corporate entities. Draftworx is the number 1 choice for financials in South Africa according to the latest M.A.P.S survey.
Sini Naransamy
CEO of Accfin Software. Architect of Accfin's products over the last 30 years. The first to integrate tax systems with the SARS e-Filing system and the first to take an accountants back-office into the cloud. Sini through his knowledge in this field has become an expert in devising tax systems and company law secretarial systems and is an absolute expert in tax calculation systems making sure Sky Tax is the fastest tax production system in RSA. Who will forget that before SARS digitised how he devised a bar code system with a bar code gun which automatically generated a provisional tax record in Tax Manager by clicking on the bar code of an IRP6 received by SARS.
Willem Carstens
Chief Sky Software Developer. Willem is the link between the software code of Sky Software, SARS and the CIPC. He is responsible for ensuring that Sky is up to date and interfaces correctly with the 3rd parties we work with. Eg. Signiflow SARS, CIPC, Draftworx and others.
Nico Theron
Unicus Tax Specialists SA
Nico is the founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA and Unicus Tax Academy and is a registered Master Tax Practitioner with the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners. Nico also authored the book published by Lexis Nexis titled, Practical Guide to Handling Tax Disputes. He has his roots embedded in one of largest audit firms in the world and spent time at a niche tax services firm in South Africa. Nico’s experience in rendering exclusively tax focused services spans more than a decade. He has a 100% success rate in resolving tax disputes in favour of taxpayers, have obtained precedent setting rulings from SARS, has secured millions in tax refunds unlawfully withheld by SARS and saved taxpayers hundreds of millions in undue taxes, penalties and interest. His firm also has a 100% VDP (voluntary disclosure program) success rate. Nico also, from time to time, trains other tax professionals across South Africa at the request of The South African Institute for Tax Professionals and lectures on tax dispute resolution and tax administration at the University of Pretoria for both tax and accounting honours students and at WITS for their masters students. Nico also serves as chairman of SAIT’s Tax Administration Technical Work Group.
Ryan Silberman
Ryan Silberman Bio Ryan Silberman, family man, Industrial Engineer and award winning entrepreneur is the CEO of Webfluential - a Global Influencer Performance Marketing Platform reaching over 2 Billion people. With over 15 years of experience across media, advertising, FMCG, Financial Services, Automotive, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Retail industries, Silberman’s refreshing take on growth opens up new areas of thought for real business results. 2019 - Current: CEO Webfluential. 2021 - Current: SABJE (South African Board of Jewish Education) Board Member. 2018 - 2021: Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) Communications Officer on the Johannesburg and Africa Regional Board. Global Digital, Marketing and Media Network Board Member 2016 - Current: Private Equity investments in Fintech, Martech, FMCG, electronics and fashion industries. Covering US, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and LATAM. 2018 - 2019 Global Publicis Shopper Marketing Board Member. 2016 - 2019: Successfully repositioned Arc Worldwide South Africa (a Publicis Groupe Company), doubled topline revenue and grew earnings by over 400%. 2007 - 2015: Successfully co-founded, built and exited ad-tech company Popimedia - the only FMP (Facebook Marketing Partner) in Africa. A role that, together with his partners, won him the ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2014. Popimedia faced fierce competition from global agencies, Silicon Valley and Facebook themselves, yet went on to dominate the market and eventually sold to Publicis Groupe - one of the largest agencies in the world. 2004 - 2006 Lead numerous consulting projects in Banking, FMCG, Beverage, Medical, Pulp & Paper industries. Deliverables included optimization of processes and efficiencies and strategic initiatives to increase market share. 1999 - 2003: BSc. Industrial Engineering - University of The Witwatersrand.
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