Accounting Fee Estimator — MCG Advisory

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Accounting Fee Estimator

Unsure what outsourced accounting should cost your business? This tool gives you a realistic monthly fee range based on your business size, transaction volume, and the services you need — benchmarked against CA(SA) market rates.

Step 1 — Business profile
Used to assess business size and complexity
Including directors and part-time staff
Business current, savings, credit card accounts
Invoices issued + bills received + bank entries combined
Affects setup requirements and efficiency
Step 2 — Services required

Toggle on the services you need. Core monthly accounting is always included — add-ons are priced separately.

Monthly bookkeeping

Capture, reconcile, management accounts

VAT returns (bi-monthly)

VAT201 preparation and submission

Payroll processing

Monthly payslips, EMP201, IRP5s

Management accounts pack

Formatted monthly reporting pack with commentary

Annual financial statements

Year-end AFS compilation (amortised monthly)

Income tax return (ITR14)

Annual corporate tax return (amortised monthly)

Provisional tax submissions

IRP6 first and second provisional payments

Company secretarial

CIPC annual returns, statutory records

Step 3 — Business complexity

Complexity affects the time required beyond transaction volume. Be honest — this helps the estimate reflect reality.

Single entity, one revenue stream, clean books, no foreign transactions or multi-currency.

Estimated monthly fee

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per month · excl. VAT

Annual retainer

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Services included

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Service Low (R/mo) High (R/mo)

What you get for this fee

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