Tax Q&A
Please can you give a contact number of SARS Bloemfontein office?
I want to contact the Bloemfontein branch Telephone: 0800 00 7277 Fax Number: 010 208 5005
Read moreHow do I complete and submit my tax returns to SARS?
I was working in a certain company, (2010, 6 months contract ) and (2011, 6 months contract) and I didn't have a tax number but certain amount were deducted (T
Read moreWhy is my arrears retirement contribution on allowed to be a lower amount?
I want to claim the last 2 year retirement contributions its meant to be R6396.60 but they only allowing me to claim R1800. SARS only allows you to deduct a
Read moreWhy do I not get a tax refund for my extra medical expenses?
I am claiming medical expenses I paid, but I am not getting any money back. Please see our latest blog and if you have any further questions feel free to ask
Read moreI need to obtain a SARS income tax number?
How to get a SARS tax number
Read moreDoes your medical aid payments back into your cheque account counts as income?
Should you show your payments from your medical aid into you account as income or is it just income your earn? Any other cash backs and / or paybacks which you
Read moreWhat does the "-"before the calculated tax amount mean?
I am trying to submit my SARS tax return and when I selected the calculate button it gave me a breakdown of income etc. My question is though, my calculated ta
Read morePAYE on R5 000 and under? What do I do?
I just want to know if my employees should pay PAYE on R5 000 per month and lower? Or can I only deduct UIF? Your employees do not qualify to pay PAYE as the
Read moreFILING RETURN FROM OUTSIDE SA?
I worked for some months & paid tax also. Now I am back to my country. My employer gave me an IRP5 form. Please let me know how I can file return form here.
Read moreAn employer purchases a motor vehicle for 40k and sells it to his key employee for R20k?
Can the business deduct a loss on an item bought and resold immediately? The business is an engineering company. The business is making a loss from the sale
Read moreWhen will I receive my tax refund?
I have submitted my returns and was selected for audit. SARS requested additional documents which I provided. I received an assessment and some of the deduction
Read moreIs Forex income not classified as capital gains tax?
A certain amount of capital is grown by means of buy and sell transactions leading to profits and losses. Is forex income not classified as capital gains tax?
Read moreFreelance Consultant - Income Tax Registration?
My wife has recently obtained her South African work permit (We are Indian Nationals) and will start work with a company in Johannesburg. They have asked her to
Read moreI can't download Adobe Flash to view my ITR12 on eFiling
I can't get my income tax return to display in SARS eFiling. It says something about needing Adobe Flash player or something. SARS eFiling needs either Adobe
Read moreVerification of Income Tax Declaration
Hi Tim. Your website is great & the questions & answers very helpful indeed. I recently submitted my ITR via E-Filing, my IRP5 information appeared on m
Read moreI am earning R6500 as a receptionist, how much Tax and UIF should I be paying?
I don't know anything about Tax and need to know how much PAYE and UIF I should be paying on R6500 Have a look at our handy salary calculator to work this ou
Read moreWhat is a additional assessment from SARS?
I did my eFiling as usual,then I got a ITA34 which said that they owe me money, then they requested that I give them the supporting documents, which I handed in
Read moreSARS Income Tax brackets?
I earn a basic salary on which PAYE is not payable, but I also earn commission sporadically on which I do pay PAYE. Do I have to pay PAYE on the total income ea
Read moreHi Tim I earn only commission..Just want to make sure that the place I work at used the right code?
they used code 3606 and 3698 on my IRP5...will SARS pick up that this is commission from that code? Yesd SARS will, this is the correct code to be used for c
Read moreMy IRP5 is wrong, how do I fix this?
What do I do if I was told at the SARS office that the code on my pension fund payout is wrong. How do I go about getting it change to the right code if I'm no
Read moreMedical Aid contributions on my tax return?
I am paying roughly R1 400 on a medical aid for myself and a spouse. The payments are made through the company, but the full amount is deducted from my salary p
Read moreList of abbreviations of nationalities in South Africa on the ITR12?
What is the code for South African - ZA? It should automatically show, but ZA is for SA yes.
Read moreVERIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT LETTER
I received a letter from SARS requesting me to submit supporting docs. I have unfortunately misunderstood the system and only submitted my medical aid tax form
Read moreHow do I submit supporting docs with my eFiling tax return?
I have letter from Salam for RAF & medical claims not paid by medical aid You would not need to submit these unless SARS asks for you to submit extra doc
Read moreTax and overtime - refunds?
I would like you to explain to me why people who work overtime get so little refunds. Ever since I've worked in 2008, I've been getting 24c - 27c as my returns.
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