I work for someone, but did not receive an IRP5 - what should I do?

You may be employed by someone, but for one reason or another- you don't receive an IRP5 and no amount of begging or pleading(endpreview) will result in on

A Directors PAYE and UIF deductions

Top questions on Commission Earners

Our helpdesk receives hundreds of questions from commission earners about how their tax is calculated. Many are also confused about which expenses they can clai

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

Why You May Owe Tax on Two-Pot Withdrawals

South Africa introduced the Two-Pot Retirement System to help people access part of their retirement savings before retirement age, while keeping the rest for r

Foreign Employment Exemption Letter

COMPANY LETTERHEAD DateEmployee's Full NameAddress To Whom It May Concern,Subject: Confirmation of foreign employmentThis letter serves to confirm that__

Finding your way around a SARS IRP5

Consult the image below to find all the tax-related information on your IRP5 that you will need when completing your annual tax return. PAYE number Income s

Tax on Pension Annuites

When you retire, you’ll have a few options for how to access your retirement savings. You can take up to one-third of the total amount as a cash lump sum

Top Tips for Sole Props

1. Keep an accurate record of revenue and expenses You can draw up these records by way of a simple spreadsheet based on your invoices and then confirm these a

What to do if your tax return was rejected by SARS

If you've received a letter from SARS saying that your tax return has been rejected and you're not sure why, there could be a few reasons why this has happened.

How to calculate totals under source codes 3696 and 3699

Perhaps you just tried to submit your tax return and you instantly got an error relating to 3696 and 3699. As frustrating as it could be, don’t worry the

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

I worked for less than a year: Do I still need to submit a tax return?

If you worked for less than a year, you may be confused as to whether or not you are required to submit a tax return.(endpreview) It seems like a tedious task f

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