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Tax Season 2026 opening date and deadlines

Tax Season 2026 The wait is over! SARS has officially announced the filing dates for the 2026 Tax Season. Auto-Assessments: 1 July – 12 July 2026 Auto-

5 Reasons you Still Need to File your Tax Return

SARS 2025 tax season dates: 21 July 2025 to 20 October 2025: individual (non-provisional) taxpayers 21 July 2025 to 19 January 2026: provisional taxpayers If

Why don't I get a tax deduction for Out of Pocket Medical Expenses?

Tax season always throws up some interesting and confusing calculations, but for many, the most confusing of all is how medical aid contributions and Out of Poc

Why do I owe SARS more money?

Once you’ve completed filing your tax return, it’s possible to find that instead of getting money back(endpreview), you actually have an outstanding

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Why Is My Take-Home Pay Less Than My Gross Salary?

Have you ever noticed a difference between your contracted salary and the actual amount deposited into your bank account? This Q&A aims to clarify some comm

What Medical Expenses Can You Claim Back from Tax

Medical expenses are nothing to sneeze at. Private medical treatment is increasingly pushing the limits of medical aid scheme(endpreview) benefits and our walle

Tax effects of your salary structure

We often receive questions from taxpayers as to how to structure their salary most efficiently for tax purposes. Unfortunately, the reality is that the da

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Where can I get my Medical Scheme Tax Certificate?

In order to complete the Medical section of your annual tax return, you will need a tax certificate from your medical scheme (if you contributed to a medical sc

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Navigating around your Medical Aid Tax Certificate

If you belong to a Medical Aid, there is important information on your medical aid tax certificate which needs to be included in your tax return. This will ensur

Some common (and sometimes forgotten) tax deductions

Too often, taxpayers rush when completing their tax return, and then they miss out on some expenses they are eligible to claim. Don’t overpay tax by overl

10 Tips to Pay Less Tax

These tips are part of TaxTim's personalised recommendation tool called the Tax Health Score. Once you file your tax return with TaxTim,(endpreview) we analyze

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The Momentum HealthSaver and your tax return

The Momentum HealthSaver is a savings account which works with your medical aid and allows you to save for additional medical costs which are not covered

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What is Gap Insurance & why is it so valuable to have?

When you are in the process of selecting a medical aid, the question of adding gap cover to your plan is likely to come up. More than 1 million South African fa

Do I earn enough to have to pay tax?

Why must I pay tax, I don’t earn enough! Will I get a penalty if I don’t disclose all my income to SARS?(endpreview) These questions are common and

Tax Breaks For All

What?1. Rebates Who? EverybodyPrimary, secondary, and tertiary rebates – depending on your age.(endpreview) A rebate is a set amount that SARS whacks off y

The Tax Refund Myth: Why aren’t I getting anything back?

Every year there arises a misconception amongst taxpayers that a tax refund or 'tax rebate', as it is incorrectly known to many,(endpreview) is due to them by d

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Who's (Legally) Allowed to File Your Tax Return?

Tax isn’t the easiest of subjects to navigate. Besides the long list of legalese to master, there’s the fact that tax legislation(endpreview) evol

How does Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) work?

You may have seen the word PAYE on your IRP5 payslip or heard it mentioned by your employer, but have no idea of its meaning.(endpreview) All it really mea

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Medical Aid contributions paid on behalf of a dependent

DateTaxpayer's Full NameAddress(endpreview) To Whom It May Concern, Subject: medical aid contributions paid on behalf of a dependantThis letter serves

FAQ’s: Medical Expenses and Taxes

It’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to the rising costs of medical expenses. You can expect some tax relief if you contribute to a medical aid and i

My medical aid is paid by my former employer: How does this affect my tax?

When you retire, your soon to be ‘ex-employer’ might offer to continue to pay your medical aid. If you are one of the fortunate few to receive such

How to claim medical aid costs for a family member

At TaxTim we receive many questions from taxpayers who pay medical aid for dependent family members and who want to know if they can claim for this in their tax

SARS and medical disability

We receive many relevant questions from our users about what they can claim as a tax deduction if they or one of their dependants suffers from a disability. Thi

Budget Speech: VAT rises by 1%, predictions were correct!

Taxpayers should breathe a sigh of relief as a much lower than expected R36bn in increased taxes was announced by the once-off Minister of Finance. The biggest

2017/2018 Budget - The rich are going to pay more, but what does that mean for the rest of us?

Personal Tax Rates (rates below) Individuals across the country, those qualifying above the new tax threshold of R75 750 (previously R75 000) will be