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Today, 08:58 AM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] If you get an interest-free or low-interest loan - Taxation in Tax Forum

Happen to be reading the SARS External guide and remembered the question asked - This is a copy and paste from the document and a link to the full...

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Yesterday, 03:38 PM

Andromeda replied to a thread [Question] If you get an interest-free or low-interest loan - Taxation in Tax Forum

No, it is not taxed

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Yesterday, 12:05 PM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

On any solar system if it is an over design on PV and especially batteries the pay back period will become longer. It would be like starting a...

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Yesterday, 11:49 AM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

You are not allowing for a 10% increase per year in Elec pricing which effectively works to an extra 10% saving per year You would then be looking...

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Yesterday, 08:37 AM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Just when you thought, great my system is optimised and my system is saving me R 791.59, this is not an average, it is the best month of the year,...

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Yesterday, 08:24 AM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Bill from the utility - import 707 kwh 707 kwh x R2.97 = R2099.79 The saving would be the PV used plus the PV exported PV used = PV...

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Yesterday, 08:14 AM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Lets look at the numbers from the inverter, some figures randomly taken from an inverter PV - 325.7 Load - 885.7 Export - 102.1 Import -...

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Yesterday, 07:58 AM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

If you installed a load shedding solution, then I would agree with you 100 %, in fact most load shedding solutions are just bottomless money pits. I...

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Yesterday, 07:32 AM

Derlyn replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

At the end of the day, installing solar is more about convenience than saving money. If one uses the money that would have been used to install...

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Yesterday, 06:58 AM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

This is a prepaid installation, with solar installed, using 2024 per kwh rate (R2.976) PV - 1997.3 Load - 3884.9 Export - 2.6 Import - 5923.3...

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01-Apr-25, 03:27 PM

Debbie Mitchell started a thread [Question] If you get an interest-free or low-interest loan - Taxation in Tax Forum

Good Day I wonder if someone can advise on the below: I read somewhere that If you get an interest-free or low-interest loan, is it also seen...

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01-Apr-25, 03:11 PM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Take the units consumed for the month - Work out what it would have cost in prepaid without solar - minus what it costs with solar = savings Have...

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01-Apr-25, 03:07 PM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

We see the average house hold above 500 units a month , generally around 700 units PE , we have 3 prepaid meter tariffs , first 250 units ( R...

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01-Apr-25, 02:22 PM

Neville Bailey replied to a thread Pastel Partner 50 cant login with any user after running year end in Accounting Forum

Hi Jaco, It sounds like something went south while the year-end process was in progress. My suggestion is to re-do the year-end process -...

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01-Apr-25, 01:53 PM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

What sort of budget do we need to consider when installing solar? Initial outlay for a system - 1 x 8 kw inverter R28 000 2 x 10 kwh...

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01-Apr-25, 01:51 PM

Dave A replied to a thread 2025 Return of Earnings for Workman's Compensation in Labour Relations and Legislation Forum

Meanwhile, back at https://cfonline.labour.gov.za ROE Application is currently unavailable due to financial year-end process. ROE application...

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01-Apr-25, 01:28 PM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Let do a quick calculation for 2023, using some data collected, no feedback. I am not aware of any customers who have had the correct meter...

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01-Apr-25, 12:53 PM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

How do you figure out the ROI and savings?

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01-Apr-25, 12:50 PM

Tradie replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

It's the figure people are using, 10 year warranty for an inverter/battery combo, one of the reasons we only install combo unit with a 10 year...

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01-Apr-25, 12:10 PM

GCE replied to a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

Not sure how you getting to 12 to 15 years I have looked at various systems that we have installed and depending on Qty of batteries come in at...

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01-Apr-25, 08:26 AM

Jaco de Klerk replied to a thread Pastel Partner 50 cant login with any user after running year end in Accounting Forum

Good morning Neville, Hope you are well. We managed to get one admin users details reset and with that user we were able to reset all other...

4 replies | 546 view(s)

01-Apr-25, 08:09 AM

Tradie started a thread [Question] How much money have you actually saved installing solar ? in Electrical Load Shedding Forum

If you installed a solar system in 2023, I would be interested to see how your ROI is going. It would be interesting to compare a 5 kw (R100- 150...

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01-Apr-25, 06:44 AM

GCE replied to a thread 2025 Return of Earnings for Workman's Compensation in Labour Relations and Legislation Forum

I see Fem have issued notice stating that threshold has increased by 6% to R 633 168.00

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31-Mar-25, 04:10 PM

Dave A replied to a thread 2025 Return of Earnings for Workman's Compensation in Labour Relations and Legislation Forum

R597 328 according to my payroll program. So the same as for 2025. I remind that for 2026 it is only a provisional estimate, so should still...

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31-Mar-25, 09:05 AM

Mike C replied to a thread 2025 Return of Earnings for Workman's Compensation in Labour Relations and Legislation Forum

Hi Dave - you are on the ball! I think that submissions only open on the 1st April. What threshold are you using for the 2026 estimation?

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31-Mar-25, 06:38 AM

Neville Bailey replied to a thread Pastel Partner 50 cant login with any user after running year end in Accounting Forum

Hi Jaco, if you are still having issues this morning, feel free to contact me after 8am.

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30-Mar-25, 08:31 AM

Dave A replied to a thread 2025 Return of Earnings for Workman's Compensation in Labour Relations and Legislation Forum

UPDATE: Worked on this today. Seems one part of the puzzle is to submit on the weekend when the server isn't overloaded. Next snag - trying to...

5 replies | 313 view(s)

29-Mar-25, 03:39 PM

Oldskool replied to a thread The Electrical Certificate of Compliance explained in Electrical Contracting Industry Forum

Thank you for all this valuable information.

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28-Mar-25, 06:18 PM

Jaco de Klerk replied to a thread Pastel Partner 50 cant login with any user after running year end in Accounting Forum

Update: I have been able to reset one users account via the reset password option. But when logging in with user, the users and password option...

4 replies | 546 view(s)

28-Mar-25, 05:49 PM

Jaco de Klerk started a thread Pastel Partner 50 cant login with any user after running year end in Accounting Forum

Good day everyone, I was wondering if anyone has come across this issue, or know how to fix this. We just ran our year end and moved over, any...

4 replies | 546 view(s)