The Financial Steward - Wisdom For Managing Personal Finances by Keoabaka Mahuma

In this life changing book, your beliefs about handling money will be challenged.  It will also answer some of the frequently asked questions regarding this subject, including the following:

• Is it Biblical to remain financially illiterate?

• Are all our money problems caused by the devil?

• Is money the root of all evil?

• What does it mean to have the love of money?

• What is the role of knowledge, wisdom, discipline, faith and favour in managing personal finances?

• Should our purpose in life be just to make money and be wealthy?

• Is it important how we earn money?

• Is it important how we spend money?

• Is it Biblical to save money? If so, how?

• Should we give money away? If so, how?

• Will God curse us if we do not give a tenth of our income to the church?

The 2009 Tax Handbook for Small Business Owners by KeaObaka Mahuma

(2010 Tax Handbook Coming Soon! Watch This Space for Details)

Some of the topics dealt with in this handbook include the following:

• Buying and selling a business

• Ceasing to trade

• Classification of small businesses for tax purposes

• Frameworks for calculating the most important taxes that affect small businesses

• Future developments in tax that will affect small businesses

• Home-based businesses

• Interest-free and low-interest loans from or to the business

• Tax compliance obligations and consequences of non-compliance

• Tax-deductible expenses

• The turnover tax system

• Understanding the tax environment and taxes that are relevant to small businesses

Distributors

• Grandstone Publishing - www.grandstone.co.za

• ICAN Foundation – www.icanfound.org

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Seminars

We can also do seminars for groups of at least 60 on personal financial stewardship.  Our seminars take normally up to 3 hours and we use the book “The Financial Steward” as a basis for our seminars.  Each seminar participant will be required to purchase the copy of the book as it will make learning much more effective. If you would like us to provide a seminar for your group, please fill in this form and we will contact you. “Terms and conditions apply!”

About The Author

LeaObaka Mahuma is a chartered accountant (CA(SA)) and is the founder and CEO of Grandstone Group, a niche financial services company based in Midrand, South Africa. He is also the author of the book “The Tax Handbook for Small Business Owners”. He has been studying and teaching on the subject of financial stewardship for a number of years.

He is also the founder of Grandstone publishing and is a chartered accountant holding the following academic qualifications: M.Com(Taxation), B.Com(Hon)(Accounting) and Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting, all from the University of Cape Town.

KeaObaka completed his articles at Price Waterhouse in 1996, and thereafter worked for 5 years in investment banking at Brait Merchant Bank and JP MorganChase. He then joined a local IT company as Finance Director, a position which he held for 5 years.

KeaObaka is the author of the tax book "2009 Tax Handbook for Small Business Owners".

Keaobaka is also an assistant editor of the taxbook “Notes on South African Income Tax” with Professors Keith Huxham and Phillip Haupt.