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Supporting Documents

Good daySARS is requesting documents that I have already sent to them, the only piece of information I havent supplied is the ID document and verified bank st

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I live abroad and earn rental income in SA. is this submitted normally?

I worked abroad and want to file my tax return? I have worked abroad for the full year and fall under all points that my salary wouldn't be taxed in SA. I sti

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SARS refund on hold - do not have the historic tax returns

I don't have copies of my outstanding tax returns for previous years, SARS has put my refund on hold It looks like you need to file 2014 and 2017. Ple

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Everything you need to know about Pay Periods on your IRP5

What are Pay Periods? Your IRP5 has two fields on it that relate to Pay Periods: Periods in a year of assessment No. of periods worked Period employed fro

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IRP5 from an unrecognized company

There is an IRP5 from a company I don't recognise, with a value I didn't enter. I have two IRP5's and entered that data but on my final submission I can see t

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Unemployed Periods Section on the ITR12 Tax Return

There is a section on the ITR12 tax return that asks you to indicate any periods during the tax year when you were not working (i.e., were unemployed). This se

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Salary and Consulting

I am already paying income tax on my salary, I now want to do consulting work, what is the best way to handle tax in this regard? If you do consulting work

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Provisional taxpayer: what to do if I became one late in the year?

I only became a provisional tax payer in December 2024. Prior to that I was under PAYE with my previous employer. How do I submit my tax return and will I need

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How to claim a home office deduction if I didn't receive an IRP5?

I worked for an international company (UK based) during the 2024 tax year. I was a contracted employee, meaning I had to submit salary invoices. Therefore, I

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How do I obtain my ITA34 documents?

I have lived abroad for six years and have not paid my taxes in South Africa. I have now returned and am living in South Africa. I need to obtain my ITA34 docum

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How do I do my taxes as a freelancer?

I'm a freelancer - how do I do my taxes? Do I register as provisional taxpayer or can I still pay PAYE monthly? Yes, you are classified as a provisional

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I'm a remote worker who needs help with their tax

I'm an independent contractor working remotely for an international company. The company is not obligated to pay my tax, therefore I need to do it myself.

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Can construction workers claim a tax refund?

I work as a bricklayer on a building site. Do I need to submit a tax return and are construction employees allowed to claim a tax refund? Anyone who earns an

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How do I calculate tax on my overtime?

I worked some overtime in the past few months. I am wondering how to calculate the tax on it. What tax bracket does overtime fall under? There are no separate

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Do I file a provisional return for a sole proprietor that I started in January?

I started as sole proprietor in January this year. Do I still need to file a Period 2 provisional tax return (IRP6) this February? The questions on Tax Tim are

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Tax on my travel allowance

My employer is satisfied that only 60% of my travel allowance will be for business purpose, do I only include the 60% in my monthly payslip for PAYE purposes o

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What percentage tax does a person as a consultant pay?

I have been offered a job as a part time consultant. The company says that I must pay tax directly to SARS. How much tax will I have to pay directly to SARS?

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I work two jobs - can I claim internet for both?

I work two jobs as an independent contractor in addition to my full-time salary. I use the same fibre internet connection for both these jobs which is debited

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Send me tax number

Please send me my tax number Getting a tax number is now as easy as registering on SARS eFiling. Simply register on eFiling and if you do not yet have a p

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When can I submit my tax return?

When can I submit my tax return for the 2022 tax season? Are the filing dates still the same as those of the previous year? At the moment the new filing dates

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Overseas income

I have been working overseas and will be doing so for the whole of 2022 tax year making me provisional:a. What average exchange rate will I use?b. When is the

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Accepted auto assess forgot my travel logbook

What will happen if I already accepted my auto assessment, but I have done so without submitting my travel logbook, am I able to fix this myself, what should I

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Why am I getting auto-assessed? Where is my tax return?

I received an auto-assessment from SARS but I am confused what this means. Why have I been selected by SARS and how did SARS get my data? Can I still submit a

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Retrenchment tax

I have been retrenched because of the company cutting back on staff. My severance package is R107000 including R14000 leave pay. I am 57 years old female. I ha

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Living, working and paying tax abroad

I have been living and working abroad in Australia for Australian companies since 2017. All the while I have been paying income tax, social security tax etc. i

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