Income tax on foreign income from UK

By Evan Robinson · Updated

Confused

Confused said:
28 September 2015 at 8:43

Hi Tim. I work in South Africa but for a UK company. They don't have a company registered here, just a warehouse that I work from. My salary gets paid in US dollars from the UK company so I don't get an IRP5 or PAYE etc deducted.

How do I go about sorting taxes? Do I submit a personal income tax return each year declaring the money I receive and pay the relevant tax on that?
TaxTim Evan

TaxTim Evan said:
28 September 2015 at 10:38

Dos they pay it into a South African bank account, is any tax withheld?
Confused

Confused said:
28 September 2015 at 10:44

Yes they pay the salary into a South African bank account but no taxes are withheld as they don't have a South African entity registered with SARS.
TaxTim Evan

TaxTim Evan said:
28 September 2015 at 11:28

You would need to then declare this income (less any expenses you incur in earning it) in your tax return, under Foreign Income and then SARS will tax you accordingly.
Confused

Confused said:
29 September 2015 at 15:02

Thank you very much for the reply.