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Return - Data Submitted To ITS. Audited and Reviewed. Does it take longer to refund?



I submitted my eFiling on the 18th and then submitted my supporting Medical payments on the 20th. I have noted on the system it says the last Status is 27th. A refund is owed to me, should I call the call centre to find out when will I get the monies?

Change of address with SARS?



Where do I find the form to change my address??

Incorrect Retirement Annuity amount 2008 money owing to SARS?



This year I had a verification done on my tax by SARS and was told that I owe them money due to an incorrect RA amount on my 2008 TAX return . Basically the Rands and cents were done incorrectly. I however still have a communication letter from them for that year in which they requested that I provide proof of this. In the letter it states that if no proof can be submitted the RAF claim will be disallowed. I know I sent in a copy of the Retirement Annuity amount because I had the 2 documents st...

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Which document must I bring?



I want know if I am registered with SARS If I am I want to know what must I bring to you and when.

Since my company took my tax number does that mean I am taxed even though I earn R5000 per month.



I earn 5000 a month and the company took my tax number so what I want to know is that mean I will be taxed?

Rental Income and Expenses Backdating



How do I backdate rental income and expenses since 2011, since I didn't realize I had to add it.

SARS ITSA & how long does an audit take?



I have received an ITA34 reduced assessment after visiting a SARS branch and submitting all necessary documents. This document shows a refund payable, but also show that I have been selected for audit process. I have not received an ITSA and would like to know, how long does this audit take and will the ITSA show the FINAL refund amount?

Need an extension on eFiling?



Hi Tim! Will the taxman give me an extension on my eFiling ? I get my statement from 2013 only in /- in a weeks time !

Can you process a SARS Tax Number for me?



I need to have Tax Number from SARS. Can you process that for me?

I need my tax reference number please?



i dont know my tax id number can you send it to me please

Confused by SARS eFiling



I did not submit a return last year as I had no income. I want to submit my current return, but I have no idea how to sort last year out....

Do students doing internship pay tax and also earning less than R5000?



I have been paying tax since I was a house committee at the university getting less than R500 then I became student assistant and got paid less than R4000 and still paid tax now i'll be doing my internship and will be getting around R5000 I want to know how much does one has to earn to pay tax because someone told me it has to be more than R5000?

Business parking fees



Where in eFiling do you log business parking fees?
(If your business is in a business park)

What does "Return - Data Submitted to ITS" mean?



Hi, my SARS status says "Return - Data Submitted To ITS" and has not changed since I submitted my assessment on 2014/09/07.

No one has asked for any documents or anything else, and I have not gotten any sms's from SARS as yet.

I did make a change to my assessment yesterday but reverted the change and saved again so the table with the Return Type, status, date, etc shows two records. One with a status of "Filed through eFiling" and the other with "Saved".

What doe...

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What is my eFiling login name and password?



I want to do eFiling and I forgot my login name and password. I tried to reset both login name and password but to no avail.

How to input a donation on eFiling?



I made a Section 18A donation. There is nowhere to input it on my eFiling. How do I enter and what is the source code?

How to file notice of objection on eFiling?



How to file a notice of objection?

How do I know whether to deduct wear and tear or lease payments on travel claim against allowance



I receive a vehicle allowance and use a hired purchased vehicle for business use and need to know how to choose between depreciation (wear & tear) or lease payment on Travel Claim Against Allowance.

I guess what I'm asking is whether SARS sees a hired purchase payment the same as a lease agreement payment.

May I choose between the greater of the two?

Entered profit made but only half of 33% pulls through as deemed income on eFiling?



I saw reply re base costs and proceeds but if I enter this on eFiling and ask for calc, my deemed/additional income is only 16% of profit made, I thought 33% will pull through?

Paying money to SARS?



I owed SARS money, which I have paid by electronic transfer at my bank. How do I know if they have received the money - do I need to do anything on the eFiling site?

Claiming deductions for business expenses working as an independent contractor for a foreign company



I work as an independent contractor for a company based in San Francisco, USA from my home office in Cape Town. Each month I invoice them for the number of hours worked and they pay in USD and I handle the forex to convert that to Rands.

I have some expenses directly incurred in generating this income (telecoms costs, software licenses, computer equipment depreciation and a portion of my electricity and rent for the home office, etc). I don't have an IRP5 from them since I'm not an employee and they aren't a South African company...

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Maximum amount under code 3703



My company reimbursed me an amount of over R50k on code 3703 (non-taxable reimbursement) for fuel used during the tax year. SARS then moved the full amount to code 3702 (taxable reimbursement) saying that this amount exceeded the max allowable for code 3703 which is R25920 (8000km x R 3.24). They now want me to pay more than R15k in additional taxes. They asked me now to provide an amended IRP5 showing not more that R25920 under code 3702 which I have requested from my employer. Is there anythi...

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Should I submit a manual tax return if my SARS eFiling registration is still pending by the 21 Nov?



I had a problem with my SARS eFiling registration and had to re-register for eFiling. It is now a pending registration and the due date for submitting SARS e-filing tax returns is 21 Nov 2014. The due date for the manual tax returns has passed. What do I do from my side before the due date? Should I submit a manual tax return should the eFiling registration still be pending by the 21 Nov 2014?

Want to declare my expenses like medical and get my refund



Want to declare my expenses like medical and get my refund?

Audit - what does it mean?



I have submitted my tax return on eFiling and I was selected for an audit, now I see there's a notice stating statement of account tax assessed. Does that mean my audit is completed? If so how long does it take for pay out?

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