Compliance for South African businesses: SARS, website scans, B-BBEE and FSCA. One subscription: your website scanned every month, scores that update with your records, and a digest on the 1st.
Sample file. Kestrel & Vale Advisory is fictional. The B-BBEE, SARS and FSCA figures are Komply's own calculators run on the demo inputs; the POPIA figure is illustrative scan data.
Modules
Every regulator. Every month.
One dossier per regulator, in one file. Website scans run monthly, scores move as you record changes, each regulator's new notices arrive weekly, most with a short machine-written summary, and a digest reaches your inbox on the 1st.
01SARS
SARS Submissions
§ Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 · SARS
Due dates for every return you add, on every plan. On Pro, VAT201, EMP201 and EMP501 readiness is scored from the figures you enter before you file: the supplier-VAT-number gap, PAYE, UIF and payroll-movement anomalies, and IRP5 reconciliation gaps. Pre-filing checks flag what a SARS verification is likely to ask for, and the refunds you record are tracked against SARS's 21-business-day window, with the escalation path: SARS follow-up, a CMO complaint, the Tax Ombud.
In this dossier
Due dates for the VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, IRP6 and ITR14 returns you add
Readiness scoring: VAT201 and EMP201 across five components, EMP501 across sevenPro+
Pre-filing checks: a Xero-synced VAT201's zero-rated exports, import VAT and input VAT with no attachment in Xero, and every certificate in an EMP501's e@syFile export (UIF, SDL and PAYE)Pro+
Read-only Xero connection (a South African organisation in rand, filing monthly or every two months): VAT201 figures added up daily from your invoices and transactions (invoice basis), reconciliation and evidence points read from Xero, earlier periods re-read for books changed after filing, bank deposits checked while a refund is openPro+
VAT refunds matched to Xero deposits that reference SARS, with the 30 / 60 / 90-day escalation pathPro+
EMP501 IRP5 checks from the figures you enter, including the 2026 TRN-rejection rulePro+
SARS verification response tracker: a countdown to the due date, reminders, a cover sheet listing the document categories SARS asked for, and an evidence pack of the files attached in Xero, packed for eFiling's upload limitsPro+
Penalty exposure: the 10% late-payment penalty plus prescribed-rate interest
SARS news, public notices and Budget documents, read weekly and shown on this dossier to owners and admins
02Website scans
Website Scans
§ Act 4 of 2013 · Information Regulator
A monthly scan of your website against POPIA, with security, email-security and website-claims checks. Foundational, always runs. Pro and Enterprise scans add SEO, AI-search visibility, performance, and accessibility and UX checks.
In this dossier
1 domain (Starter) / 5 domains (Pro) / unlimited domains (Enterprise): the primary domain is scanned monthly, the others on demand
SEO, GEO, performance, and accessibility and UX checks on every scan, scheduled and on demandPro+
Information Regulator enforcement notices and gov.za POPIA notices, read weekly and shown on this dossier to owners and admins
03B-BBEE
B-BBEE Scorecard
§ Amended Codes of Good Practice · Generic, QSE, EME
Auto-calculate your Generic or QSE scorecard, or your EME level, with EME / QSE / Generic auto-classification, priority sub-minimum knock-down, and Modified Flow-Through (MFT) ownership. Pro tier adds gap analysis, a 3-year trajectory, and audit-ready PDF evidence.
In this dossier
Generic and QSE scorecards on the Amended Codes, and an EME's level from its black ownership (indicative; a certificate comes from a SANAS-accredited agency, or an affidavit for an EME or a QSE at least 51% black owned)
Six sector codes at indicative grade, each on its own turnover bands (AgriBEE, Construction, the Financial Sector Code, ICT, Property and Tourism), and the Mining Charter
Gap analysis: spend levers ranked by rand per point, structural levers listed unpricedPro+
Audit-ready PDF evidence packagePro+
B-BBEE Commission and gov.za notices, read weekly and shown on this dossier to owners and admins
04FSCA
FSCA Tracker
§ FAIS Act 37 of 2002 · FSCA
Keep your CPD, complaints, conflicts-of-interest and fit-and-proper registers in one file. On Pro, Komply scores your FAIS readiness across them and your cyber incidents, and drafts the ICMP report, the Ombud response package and the COI policy for your review and sign-off.
In this dossier
Per-Key-Individual / per-Representative (KI / Rep) CPD ledger (hours target by class count, BN 194 s33)
Complaints register with Komply's working-day targets: 5 days to acknowledge, 20 to resolve
FAIS Ombud response bundler: chronology, narrative and evidence listPro+
Debarment-check record at every hire, linked to the FSCA register (automated matching coming)
Material-change letter to the FSCA (1-page PDF), logged when you add a representative
COI Management Policy generator + sign-off (a signed policy is kept exactly as signed) + supersedes-chainPro+
FSCA notices, conduct standards, industry communications and news, read weekly and shown on this dossier
Tender readiness
The proofs a buyer asks for. One link to send.
Beside the four modules sits one page for the day you bid: your proofs of good standing side by side, a clock on each one that expires, and one read-only link or PDF for the buyer.
Can this business bid today?
Komply counts the proofs that apply to you, says how many are current, and gives one of three answers.
Tender-ready
Renew soon
Not ready
Always counts
SARS Tax Compliance StatusYour PIN and its expiry date, with the days left
B-BBEE certificate or sworn affidavitThe expiry date, read from the document you upload. Komply’s own scorecard never counts
COIDA Letter of Good StandingThe date it’s valid until, with the days left
Counts for government work
Employment Equity certificate (s53)Twelve months from its issue date, or the end date you record
CSD registrationNo expiry date, so Komply shows how old your CSD report is
Counts for public-sector construction
CIDB gradingThe expiry and the date to apply for renewal, plus the annual update for grades 2 to 9
Employer records sit beside the proofs: the date and reference of each UIF declaration, return of earnings and EE report, the receipt if you attach it, and the five-year clock on your COIDA earnings records. They don’t count towards the answer.
Buyer’s copy
Read-only
One link, and a PDF.
getkomply.co.za/share/tender/…Opens without a Komply login
Each proof as it stands when the buyer opens the link, so a renewal shows on their next visit.
A PDF of the same proofs, as they stand on the day it’s downloaded.
Each date names its source: self-attested, read from the certificate you uploaded, or set by regulation.
It never shows your B-BBEE scorecard, who made an entry, or a file you uploaded.
Every open and PDF download is logged. The link lasts 30 days, and you can revoke it at any time.
Komply records what you enter and looks none of it up. A procurement officer checks the PIN on eFiling and the letter with the Compensation Fund.
The stakes
The compliance landscape moved in 2025.
If your last audit was annual, you’re already behind.
SARS stopped printing and posting letters: correspondence now goes to eFiling and other digital channels
Three ways to buy. The full Compliance OS bundle, a single module if you only need one regulator, or a once-off audit pack for one cycle. Annual prepay on subscriptions gets two months free. Cancel any time — access continues to the end of the paid period.
Pilot
Free for everyone during the pilot. The first 25 companies to sign up keep the once-off R5,000 setup fee waived and get their first month free on a monthly plan.
Starter
SARS + website scans + B-BBEE + FSCA basics. For SMBs under R20M revenue.
R750/ month
no VAT added
SARS due dates for the returns you add (VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, IRP6, ITR14)
EMP501 reconciliation + IRP5 checks from the figures you enter
Flags missing income tax numbers before the EMP501 (SARS's 2026 rule)
SARS verification tracker: countdown to the letter's due date + cover sheet + evidence pack of the files attached in Xero
Xero (a South African organisation in rand, filing monthly or every two months): VAT201 figures added up daily from your invoices and transactions (invoice basis); reconciliation and supplier-VAT-number points read from Xero; bank deposits checked while a refund is open
On-demand website scans — up to 5 domains
SEO, GEO, performance, and accessibility and UX checks on every scan
One-click POPIA remediation artefact generation
B-BBEE gap analysis: spend levers ranked by rand per point
B-BBEE 3-year trajectory simulator
FSCA — readiness scoring + audit-ready PDF + share link + Cyber log
No VAT is added to any price: Auto Alpha Advisory (Pty) Ltd is not VAT-registered. Annual prepay: 2 months free, no setup fee. Pilot pricing: free for everyone during the pilot. Standard pricing applies after the pilot; monthly plans then include a once-off R5,000 setup fee on your first monthly plan, and not again while you have an active plan (adding or switching a plan doesn't repeat it), waived on annual plans and for the first 25 companies to sign up, who also get their first month free on a monthly plan.
Other ways to buySingle modules from R1,500/mo at full Pro depth, or a once-off FSCA ICMP audit pack — R3,500 for one cycle.
Need just one regulator?
Subscribe to a single module at full Pro feature depth. All four à la carte add up to R7,800/mo. The Pro bundle above gets you the same modules for R3,500 — a 55% saving if you need more than one regulator covered.
+ once-off R5,000 setup fee on first month — waived for the first 25 companies to sign up (who also get that first month free), on annual plans, and if you already pay for a Komply plan.
Module
Price
Includes
Action
SARS SubmissionsPro feature depth
R2,000 / monthno VAT added
VAT201 + EMP201 + EMP501 readiness with Xero sync, pre-filing checks, refund tracking, IRP5 checks, the verification-response tracker and the evidence pack.
Monthly scan of your primary domain, on-demand scans across 5 + remediation artefact generator + Information Regulator and gov.za POPIA notices in your dashboard. Pro feature depth on the single module.
A once-off pack with a defined deliverable. Pay once, get 90 days of Pro access, decide on a subscription after.
FSCA · Once-off
FSCA ICMP 2026
Generate your annual ICMP, draft FAIS Ombud responses, produce your COI Management Policy, and register your KIs, in one workspace, with the option to convert to a Pro subscription after.
R3,500once · 90 days of Pro FSCA access · no VAT added
It has. The four modules — SARS, website scans, B-BBEE and FSCA — are live, and the pilot is open: sign up with your work email at getkomply.co.za/sign-in. Komply is free for everyone during the pilot. Standard pricing applies after the pilot; the first 25 companies to sign up keep the R5,000 setup fee waived and get their first month free on a monthly plan.
02What does the website scan check?
Whether your privacy policy is present and reachable, whether a cookie-consent banner exists and what loads on a site without one, the data-subject rights notice, Information Officer disclosure, direct-marketing opt-in (section 69), breach-notification readiness (section 22), a published PAIA manual, cross-border transfer disclosure, and the third-party processors it detects. It flags a privacy policy written for another country's law, and notes when the site serves European or UK visitors. Findings link to the section of the Act they engage, or to the Information Regulator's guidance or PAIA manual template. Every scan also checks TLS and security headers, and the domain's email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, the mail transport policy and DNSSEC). It also reads what your site says about itself: certificates linked from your main pages (ISO, B-BBEE, CIDB, tax compliance) that have expired or expire within 60 days, quoting the line that gives the date; phone numbers, email addresses, registration numbers and company names that differ between pages; blog posts whose address, title and heading disagree, that name no author or that cite no outside source; test and campaign pages left live; and a linked PAIA manual that still gives the Information Regulator's old details, names no Information Officer or doesn't show the registration number.
03What are the website-audit add-ons?
SEO (meta tags, structured data, sitemap), GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation — JSON-LD and AI-agent crawlability), Performance (response time, render-blocking scripts) and Accessibility & UX (WCAG checks such as colour contrast, form labels, landmarks, and link and button names). Pro and Enterprise scans include them, scheduled and on demand. Security (headers, exposed files, server hygiene, outdated JavaScript libraries with known vulnerabilities, and secrets left in page code), email security and website claims run on every scan, Starter included.
04Does Komply fix POPIA findings for me?
Pro and Enterprise tenants can generate a ready-to-paste remediation artefact from four findings when they fail or warn: privacy-policy section text, cookie-consent banner code, a data-subject-rights notice, and an Information Officer designation block. Each artefact is a deterministic template citing the POPIA sections it answers; review with your legal advisor before publishing. Enterprise also offers CA(SA) remediation sessions for hands-on review, run under a separate engagement letter.
05What FAIS obligations does the FSCA module cover?
Continuous Professional Development (BN 194 of 2017, sections 31 to 34), complaints management under the General Code of Conduct (Komply's SLA targets: 5 working days to acknowledge, 20 to resolve, each step dated on the day it happened, today by default), conflicts of interest (GCC § 3A), fit-and-proper dates on each person's file, editable as checks are renewed, material-change letters to the FSCA (changes to your licence information are reported within 15 days under FSCA FAIS Notice 29 of 2023; a new key individual may need FSCA approval before acting), and a debarment-check record at every hire linked to the FSCA debarred-persons register. Pro adds the COI Management Policy generator, a cyber-incident log (Joint Standard 2 of 2024 applies to discretionary, administrative and fund-administration FSPs, not to an ordinary Category I advice FSP), the annual ICMP report narrative and the FAIS Ombud response package. Not covered yet: suitability assessment record-keeping (GCC § 8), a Representative Register XML helper, and a timer for the cyber-incident notification window (the notification Determination took effect on 1 September 2026; Komply logs incidents but does not yet time that window).
06Does Komply draft my annual ICMP report?
Pro tenants get a Komply-drafted Internal Compliance Monitoring Programme report covering your reporting period (12 months, or 6 for a Category II, IIA or III FSP) across CPD, complaints, COI, fit-and-proper, and cyber. Each section is composed from the live register data in fixed wording; no AI writes it. You edit every section before sign-off, and the FSP principal signs it off. Sign-off locks the report: Komply stores the signed copy, narrative and tables, and every later download is that copy, with its SHA-256 fingerprint on the sign-off page.
07Can Komply bundle my FAIS Ombud response?
Yes — Pro tenants get a one-click "Generate Ombud response" inline on any escalated complaint. Komply composes a package: a chronology from the existing register, a draft narrative that restates the register and leaves the FSP's account, position and any remediation for you to write, an evidence list drawn from the FSP's roster, recent complaints and COI disclosures for you to prune, and a Komply audit-trail note. The response page counts six weeks from the complaint's receipt as a working marker; the FAIS Ombud's letter sets the date your reply is due. You review, edit, and submit to the FAIS Ombud — Komply doesn't auto-submit.
08Does Komply check the FSCA debarred-persons register at hire?
Not automatically yet. When you add a Key Individual or Representative, Komply records the debarment check as not yet verified and links you to the FSCA's debarred-persons register so you can check the name yourself. Automated matching against a mirrored copy of the register is being built. Until it ships, Komply will never show a hire as cleared.
09Does Komply submit to the FSCA on my behalf?
No. You file through the FSCA's own portals, with your FSP's credentials. Komply holds your CPD ledger, complaints register, COI register and fit-and-proper records and surfaces deadlines; on Pro it also generates the audit-ready PDF.
10How is the FSCA module different from Moonstone?
Moonstone is consulting + training + tooling bundled. Komply is the tool — a readiness dashboard you keep current between Moonstone's audits or your in-house Compliance Officer's reviews. On Pro, Komply scores your readiness against published obligations; it doesn't replace the Compliance Officer's professional judgment.
11Who is Komply for?
Built for SA businesses from ~R10M revenue: Starter suits sub-R20M, Pro and Enterprise scale with you. The fit is strongest where there's government procurement exposure, regulated-industry status (financial services, health, telecoms, education), or significant personally-identifiable customer data. Decision-makers are CFOs, COOs, Compliance Officers, or owner-operators.
12How do the four modules work together?
One dashboard, one subscription, one login. Each regulator keeps its own dossier, scored from its own records. The file summary and the monthly digest read across all four, and the tender-readiness page puts your proofs of good standing side by side and runs a clock on each one that expires: the SARS Tax Compliance Status, a B-BBEE certificate or sworn affidavit and the COIDA Letter of Good Standing, plus an Employment Equity certificate and your CSD registration if you bid for government work, and your CIDB grading for public-sector construction. Komply does not link a finding in one regulator to another; that judgment stays yours.
13What about my existing compliance tools?
Komply replaces fragmented per-regulator tooling with one platform. Enterprise onboarding includes an audit of your existing compliance stack to identify consolidation opportunities. We don't ask you to throw away what works — we ask you to stop maintaining five separate tools and twenty separate logins.
14Is my data secure?
Yes. Per-tenant Row-Level Security on every table. Encryption at rest and in transit. A POPIA-compliant Data Processing Agreement, accepted at onboarding as part of the Terms. Uploaded files (B-BBEE certificates and affidavits, and the receipts you attach to employer records) sit in private storage buckets, each workspace in its own folder under a path policy.
15Why not just hire a compliance consultant?
Consultants are excellent for one-off audits, regulatory opinions, and complex remediation. Komply is built for the other 50 weeks of the year: a monthly scan and digest, and scores that update as your records change, at a price and frequency human consultants cannot match. The two work together: Komply for the record-keeping and monitoring, a consultant for the heavy lifts.