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Missed primary residence exemption; paid CGT; can Section 93 correct after 3 years?

Pieter asked: I sold a property in 2020 which initially was my primary residence and later rented out. On my 2021 ITR12, I declared the sale but failed to indic

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Outstanding Taxes Sequestration

HiI was sequestrated in 2015, of late though I was receiving SMS notifications that SARS has issued correspondence, I login and find no correspondence what so

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I need guidance on how to fulfill a SARS request for a detailed medical schedule

Hi TaxTim,I%u2019ve received a follow-up request from SARS regarding my 2025 medical claim of R*****. I have already submitted all the receipts I have and I%u

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Sec 20 A amount

I can't successfully submit my tax due to a sec20A response from SARS eFiling, do you have any idea what this means? Section 20A relates to an assessed loss. D

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Organisation tax

How can I see what my next step in terms of filing a tax return for my organisation, even if no trading or profit was made? I assume you are referring to a

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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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I need to add my Capitec banking details

I have changed banking details, but have no idea how to do this on SARS eFiling, can you help please? We are unfortunately not able to update the banking d

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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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What is included in Statement of Assets and Liabilities on ITR12?

If I earn business income as a sole proprietor for services delivered as an electronic engineer, do I need to declare all my personal assets (bank balance, inve

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Cannot access refund due to a special stopper

SARS owes me a refund but according to the call centre they placed a stopper on my tax account and now need to see proof of the payment I made that caused the

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Update Banking Details for a refund from SARS

Good morning,I am no longer banking with the bank I used during 2023 and am trying to update my details on SARS eFiling. So far, I have successfully added my n

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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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One time pin (OTP) is sent to the wrong cell number and email

I am trying to authorise TaxTim to share access to my SARS profile. When I click on the Manage Tax Types request, the one time pin is sent to the incorrec

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Why are my SARS attachments blank when I open them?

I just filed my provisional tax return (IRP6) using your platform. I received an email from TaxTim with the following instructions: "To view the contents of y

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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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Donations to minors

If I donate R50 000 to each of my minor children (directly to their bank accounts) will R100 000 be tax deductible in my income tax return? No, unfortunately

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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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Tax Certificate Needed

I am newly registered business owner and I registered just before the lockdown took place and I did not receive my tax certificate. I do have my registration n

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Will I get a tax refund if I accept the SARS auto-assessment?

My auto-assessment shows that I am due a tax refund. Can this be correct? Do you think I will receive the refund if I accept it, or should I rather reject it a

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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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What must I do with the auto-assessment from SARS?

I received an SMS from SARS which says something about an auto-assessment. When I login to eFiling I see there is an option to accept or edit it. Are there any

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I received an auto assessment sms from SARS

SARS has sent me an SMS saying they have calculated my assessment tax and I can accept or edit this. I have done an early tax return with TaxTim and I'm not su

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Auto Assess and Travel expenses

I have received an SMS, stating that my tax has been assessed automatically and that a refund is due of R7000,00 however I do not know if my travelling has bee

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Changing banking details

I would like to find out the following information regarding my banking details. I have recently changed my banking details from Capitec bank to Nedbank. My s

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