Smart Business
Accountants
The Accounting Partner Legal Professionals Trust.
About Us
Who We Are
We’re a people-driven Legal Bookkeeping and Accounting company supporting law firms across South Africa with reliable, accurate, and timely service. Founded in 2014, our Cape Town-based team brings over 200 years of combined experience across all areas of legal practice.
With qualified professionals — including CA(SA), AGA(SA), CIMA and SAIBA-registered accountants — we combine expertise with a supportive, growth-focused work culture that empowers our team to deliver their best.
We are your trusted legal accounting partner, committed to excellence and your firm’s success.
Start today, grow tomorrow.
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Our Areas of Expertise
Specialised Accounting & Compliance Support for Law Firms
We offer a full range of legal bookkeeping, tax, payroll, VAT, and compliance services designed to support law practices with accuracy, efficiency, and peace of mind.
These service offerings form part of our Legal Bookkeeping standard package.
- Processing and reconciliation of business banks
- Processing and reconciliation of trust banks, including section 86 investments
- Processing of matter disbursements as well as creditor invoices
- Managing full creditor system (Optional at additional charge)
- Recording accruals and prepaid expenses monthly
- Keeping a full asset register and depreciate assets monthly
- On-demand practice reporting
- Balance sheet verification monthly
- Ensuring compliance to the rules of the LPC
- Quality review by a senior staff member prior to month end procedure
- Month-end procedures and generation of reports (To be mailed to practice)
- Annual trust and business audit support (Normal request included but special requests at additional charge)
- AJS training and system support (Optional at additional charge depending on support required)
- Fixed bookkeeping fees
Our standard Monthly Management Reporting Package includes:
- Monthly one-page financial performance report to director/s or owners
- Year-to-date and budget comparisons to identify variances
- Income Tax projections
- Key balance sheet insights
- VAT liability estimates and due dates
- Commentary on extraordinary or irregular transactions
- General compliance reminders
Our Payroll Services are available at an additional charge.
- Payroll processing
- EMP201 submissions
- EMP501 and IRP5 reconciliations and submissions
- Employer registrations (SARS – PAYE, UIF, SDL)
Our VAT Services are available at an additional charge.
- VAT calculations and submissions
- VAT registrations
- VAT review assistance (when required – additional charge)
Our Taxation Services are available at an additional charge.
- Provisional Tax calculations and submission
- Income Tax Returns (Individuals and Companies)
- Tax compliance status
These services are offered at an additional charge, outside of the standard monthly packages. We provide a range of specialised add-on services to support your firm’s operational, compliance, and financial requirements.
- High level bookkeeping service – in addition to employed bookkeeper to ensure compliance & relevant reporting
- Health check (Initial review free of charge)
- Financial performance analysis & benchmarking
- Annual financial statements
- Registrations with compensation fund (ito COIDA)
- Return of earnings submissions (ito COIDA)
- Annual returns (CIPC)
- Beneficial ownership declarations (CIPC)
- Fidelity fund certificate renewals
- Annual budget preparation
- Additional support via vetted service providers
We understand your world – and we make your financial function seamless.
Why Firms
Choose Us
We're Built for Legal Practices
Do you have a question? Email us or give us a call.
Our On-Boarding Process
The Introduction Phase
You reach out and we schedule a short discovery call to understand your business, your pain points, and what you need help with.
We Review Your Records
We take a high-level look at your current accounting records to assess their condition, compliance status, and overall complexity.
Define Your Needs & Volumes
We clarify exactly what services you need, your transaction volumes, deadlines, and reporting requirements — so there are no surprises later.
Accounting Health Check
We identify any clean-up work, risks, or inefficiencies and estimate the time required to get (and keep) your accounts in good shape.
Ready to get started? Contact us.
Trusted for 45+ years.
Our Chosen Software Partner: AJS
AJS unifies legal practice management with native trust accounting, so firms can bill accurately, stay compliant, and move faster.