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I have not yet received my IRP5



When can I get my IRP5?

What does this message mean by approving my returns and epayment of R4,924.95. Do I have to pay or w



I have received an email from SARS saying

We have approved your tax returns and epayment of R4,924.95 made into your account
Click below to check for confirmation

then they put the link.

When I am clicking on the link I have to choose the bank I'm using then they ask for username password. They take my password, my cellphone no and email address, then ask for same thing again and again.

Is this a scam?

Is my boss really contributing to my tax returns?



How do you know that your salary is being taxed for real if you are not getting a pay slip?

2008 tax return outstanding



Good day,

Every year since 2009 I have been doing my SARS eFiling and lucky enough, getting a refund paid to me. Now this year 2015 SARS says I have an outstanding tax return from 2008? Why wasn't it picked up last year when I was Audited?

Will I now be penalised for this? Even though I did pay my taxes. I have requested a tax return on SARS Efiling for 2008, just awaiting IRP5 from my company.

Unemployed but don't know if IT12 must be submitted to apply for daughter's bursary



I have been unemployed for a long time, only doing odd jobs that didn't require pay slip at the end of the month. I have applied for bursary at my daughter's new school. One of the requirement is that I have to submit IT12. My partner works so he can submit his. My question is : Do I have to submit IT12 as well even though I am unemployed? Thank you.

Office in home deductions



Kindly elaborate on office in home deductions percentage-wise, also the hoops and rings that will be required by SARS to achieve this deduction.

Why they want verification of my bank details because I did give them



Hi TaxTim, I submitted my IRP5 then thy told me that I must be refunded my overtax back. I submitted all my documents but at night I received a message that says I must verify my bank details.

Past IRP5 I could not get from employer



I have been requested to submit my 2009 tax return and I could not receive IRP5 from my employer.

Completed Tax Return for year, owe SARS



Was hoping you can assist filed my tax return yesterday and SARS is basically stating that I owe them R10,000 within in a year, I know this is untrue as every month I have been paying tax. I was a contractor for the last 10 months. Please advise if you able to assist as my tax return has already been submitted.

Deductible company expenses



For many years I operated as a sole Proprietor. Early 2014 I registered a PTY Ltd and duly traded as the PTY LTD. As executive director, by choice I did not draw any salary, the idea being that this would help the company cashflow by saving more working capital. I paid for all vehicle expenses ie fuel, maintenance, privately out of my savings, but approximately 90% of the vehicle use and expenses are attributable to the PTY LTD business. Is there any way that these expenses can be recovered from...

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Motor Bargaining council levies, were deducted, but I was never registered



My employer was deducting Motor council levies, but I was never registered. They said I will not get my levies back to me. I had to approach the Motor Bargaining council to get the motor levies paid back to me, and was paid as a cash deposit, instead of on line banking transfer. Surely, the money that was originally deducted from me, went to another account, or invested elsewhere, how did they manage to do their tax return. Is there any way, that I should report this matter to SARS, etc?

Can I submit medical prescription statements at SARS?



I don't keep medical prescription slips, but I get a summarised statements every time after consulting, can I submit those statements at SARS?

Company or Individual tax if IRP5 is from my company



What if my tax return (IRP5) show my name on it as a business for example "Koos Consulting Services". But during the tax year I worked at this company on contract. Every month they subtracted individual tax from my payslip (which was right). My question now is, when I do the tax return at SARS won't they now want me to pay company tax, and not individual tax?

CGT on primary residence previously resided in



I own ONE property which I previously resided in (property A). I now rent this property (A) out to other people and reside in a different house which I rent from someone else. I have now sold the property (A).

I owned the property for 9 years of which I resided in it for 6 years (rented out the first year and the last /- two years). Given that it is the only property that I own and I previously resided (Sch8 s44(b)) in it, will the sale qualify for the primary residence exclusion in...

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Commission only tax amount



If I am independent, and my only income is from deals that I put together, how much Tax % wise
do I have to pay, is it sliding or fixed?

Time taken to issue new tax number



My previous tax number is listed as insolvent and SARS assisted me with a new IT77 application for a new tax number, I was made aware that since the insolvency that SARS has money owing to me for the years that followed. They advised that they will transfer those funds onto the new tax number and then I will receive my rebate. Once I get the new tax number I can then submit my last IRP5 to the new tax number as well. Happy with that.

My question is how long does it take SARS to issue...

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Haven't received my return 7 days after an IT34 was issued



I submitted my tax stuff on SARS eFilling exactly 7 days ago today. SARS responded promptly with an IT34 notice, which indicated that I'm due to receive a tax return (which was a negative amount, not sure what that means. Do I owe SARS or do they owe me?). Now I still haven't received the money (7 days later). What could be the problem?

ITA34 issued but no ITSA



I submitted my 2015 tax return. My refund was not paid out because they said I need to submit my 2010 tax return and I went to the SARS branch and filed manually. I received an ITA34 but no ITSA and in audit or verification is says N.

Will I get the refund even though I didn't get my ITSA?

Claim business usage for private car



Hi I am using my private vehicles for business travel, part of my job is to do site visits, client meeting ect. I did not receive a travel allowance from my company. Please explain how I can claim this back as I do have log sheets for the travel. I am busy having my package restructured to include a car allowance.

Part 2: can I claim depreciation for one vehicle and also claim travel back or is it not allowed?

Old Tax Submission



SARS is withholding a lot of money this year as they say that the company I worked for 8 years ago never submitted my tax/or they don't have a record of this (which is weird as tax has always been taken off my salary). I left they company in 2009 and they are no longer operating. What do I do?

Obtaining my IRP5 from previous employer



I am trying to get my IRP5 from my previous employer. Whenever I call they tell me Payroll is still looking for it. This is the last form I need to submit to SARS in order for them to complete my assessment. How can I make them speed up the process in 'finding' my IRP5?

Refund outstanding for two weeks



Hi, how long does it take to get your refund? Mine has been outstanding for 2 weeks now.

Tax liability for monetary gifts from overseas



UK citizen with permanent residency in SA. I work part time for which I get paid and also volunteer for a church for which I get regular and occasional gifts from individuals and churches in the UK and paid into my UK account, and occasionally transferred to my SA bank account.

I have been paying tax on everything on the advice of SARS for a number of years. Friends have questioned this. Am I liable to pay tax on regular gifts from individuals in the UK? Am I liable to pay tax on reg...

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Tax return submission online



How do I submit my tax return online?

Tax directive issued but error says "Lump sum declared but directive outstanding"



I was retrenched in 2014 (May)... The company had a tax directive issued and I have a copy of the directive. In my SARS e-Filing profile, when I open up the tax return, the full provident fund lump sum is declared and indo completed - WITH the correct tax directive number in the "directive" section for the lump sum. However, when I save and CALCULATE, it tax returns a message saying:

"9857 - LUMP SUM DECLARED BUT DIRECTIVE OUTSTANDING"

Please help - not sure why this messa...

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