LOWER QUARTILER 4 50025% of recent estimates were at or below this level.
← All Price GuidesACCOUNTING PRICES SOUTH AFRICAHow much does
How much does
accounting cost?
Accounting requests vary widely between monthly bookkeeping, annual statements, tax work, payroll and once-off clean-ups. Use the range as a planning reference, then describe the exact work you need.
MEDIANR 12 000The midpoint of 85 recent public request estimates.
UPPER QUARTILER 15 00075% of recent estimates were at or below this level.
Scope matters more than the headline number.
01Transaction volume and number of bank accounts
02Monthly bookkeeping versus once-off catch-up work
03VAT, PAYE, payroll and tax-compliance requirements
04Management accounts and financial reporting depth
05Cloud accounting setup, migration and integrations
What usually moves a request through the range?
Small-business bookkeeping
Routine bookkeeping, reconciliations and basic monthly reporting.
Compliance package
Bookkeeping plus VAT, payroll, tax submissions or statutory support.
Complex finance support
Higher transaction volumes, clean-ups, management reporting or multi-entity work.
How CallTech builds this planning range.
This page uses anonymised, aggregated price estimates from recent publicly accessible South African service requests in the same category. We use the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile rather than one advertised price because request scope varies significantly. No third-party customer identity or private contact information is displayed here.
The range is refreshed as our demand dataset grows. It is not a quotation, tariff, regulated fee schedule or guarantee of what a provider will charge.
Before you request quotes.
How much does accounting cost in South Africa?
Recent public request estimates in our planning dataset have a lower quartile around R 4 500, a median around R 12 000 and an upper quartile around R 15 000. Actual quotes depend on scope and provider.
Are these CallTech fixed prices?
No. These figures are planning references built from recent request estimates. CallTech Connect does not set provider prices and a final quote can be lower or higher.
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