SMME Finance Readiness Checklist
Assess whether the business has reliable records, reporting discipline, cash-flow visibility and finance readiness.
WGL Advisory ServicesDownload WGL’s approved accounting, tax, governance, industry, funding and AI-readiness checklists from one central page.
Each download button links directly to a PDF file in the /checklists/ folder using aligned, website-safe filenames.
Each PDF is stored in /public_html/checklists/ using lowercase, hyphenated file names. Example: /public_html/checklists/vat-compliance-checklist.pdf.
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Assess whether the business has reliable records, reporting discipline, cash-flow visibility and finance readiness.
Gather the records, access, schedules and documents required for bookkeeping or accounting onboarding.
Month-end close, reconciliations, schedules, reporting pack and management review discipline.
Review cash inflows, supplier commitments, payroll, tax timing, debtors, creditors and short-term cash pressure.
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Review SARS account health, returns, payments, penalties, tax status and compliance readiness.
Prepare documents, schedules, reconciliations and evidence for SARS verification or audit-readiness support.
Review VAT registration, VAT201 discipline, tax invoices, input/output VAT and supporting records.
Review employer registrations, payroll records, PAYE, UIF, SDL, EMP201 and EMP501 readiness.
Prepare the core debt, compliance, financial evidence and governance information needed for a structured SARS debt triage discussion.
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Check CIPC annual returns, beneficial ownership filings, company records and statutory registers.
Review company secretarial records, resolutions, registers, directors, shareholders and CIPC compliance hygiene.
Review personal-information handling, access controls, privacy notices, PAIA/POPIA records and compliance gaps.
Review approvals, payment controls, procurement, payroll, stock, user access and evidence trails.
Track audit action plans, portfolio of evidence, reconciliations, review notes and governance follow-through.
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Review core documents for tenders, supplier onboarding, site access and contractor readiness.
Prepare CSD, supplier onboarding and procurement-readiness documents for public/private supply chains.
Review B-BBEE affidavit or certificate readiness, supporting information and supplier-compliance records.
Prepare contractor records, compliance information and supporting documents for CIDB registration readiness.
Prepare engineering contractor site-file, safety, compliance and document-control records.
Organise technical reports, SOPs, job cards, drawings, supporting schedules and document control.
Organise financial schedules, evidence bundles, chronologies and source-document references for legal-support work.
Prepare vendor, supplier, contractor and mining-services readiness documents and compliance evidence.
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Prepare key information for a first consultation, business diagnostic or service scoping discussion.
Prepare financials, forecasts, tax status, funding requirements, assumptions and supporting schedules.
Quality-check a funding pack before submitting it to a bank, funder, investor or decision-maker.
Assess data quality, document structure, controls, privacy, workflows and human-review readiness for AI-enabled finance work.
Checklist FAQs
A central checklist library prevents broken links and lets users find all approved WGL checklist downloads from one controlled page.
Choose the relevant category and click the Download Checklist button on the checklist card. The file will open or download from the /checklists/ folder.
Yes. The downloadable checklist is a practical guide. WGL can help apply it to your records, SARS position, governance controls, reporting pack or industry-specific facts.
No. The checklists are practical information tools. Tax, legal, audit, regulatory or external-use outputs must be reviewed by suitably qualified professionals.
Check that the matching PDF file exists in /public_html/checklists/ and that the filename is exactly the same as the website link.