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PAYE on show on payslip, do I still register?



My Payslip shows PAYE with amount of tax deducted - do I still need to register to get a tax number.

How to obtain forgotten eFiling password?



My last tax return was filed in in 2009. My husband and I are divorced and since then need to get him off my SARS eFiling site but I have forgotten the email address as well as password.

How do I gain access to company's Efiling profile?



I am the director of a company, whose tax was done by a tax practitioner, with the company on their SARS eFiling profile, I did not have shared access. The company's tax has since been transferred to a new tax practitioner for various reasons. The initial practitioner has indicated that he has transferred the profile, but has in fact not, and is refusing to assist me further. Could you advise on how I can gain access to the companies Efiling profile?

How to obtain a tax number if I live with my daughter?



I have never been a tax payer before and have never worked. I am 60 years old. I do not have a utility bill nor any proof. I reside with my daughter who looks after me. How do I obtain a tax number?

How can I submit a backdated ITR14 form?



I am currently in the process for applying for a VAT number for our company. I was told by the SARS office that I need to submit my ITR14 Returns for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. Now I've gone and registered for SARS eFiling. I've found the place where I am supposed to fill out the form but I don't see where it would give me an option to select the year that I am doing the tax return for? Do I just backdate the date at the end of the form?

Never claim tax refund since 2006 untill now can I claim for all those years



I have started working in 2006 but I never claim tax refund is possible for me to claim for all those years?

Need to bring tax returns up to date



I have been working full time for about 4 years now. I have never submitted a tax return due to complete ignorance on my part. I have a few questions:

1. What is the best way to rectify this situation?
2. Will I definitely have to pay penalties? What is the probability of having to pay penalties?

Complying with EMP201 and EMP501 submissions without using Easyfile



We are a small start-up company with 2 employees. We have to complete EMP201 and EMP501 tax returns and pay over to SARS and UIF and IRP5. I am not familiar with Easyfile but it seems cumbersome and complicated. I do not want to do manual submissions. Is there a simple way of complying through E-filing?

How do I enter a negative amount on my tax return?



How do I enter a negative amount on my tax return (e-filing)?

Can I have a tax number while I'm unemployed?



I'm currently a student and finishing at the end of this year, is it possible for me to get a tax number now as I will be employed next year?

Penalties deducted from pay out?



I looked on the SARS eFiling and it stated that I should pay them a big amount of money (I assumed it was for late tax returns). A week later they paid out a small amount, after a consultant said we do not owe anything on their system. Am I correct in assuming that they deducted the penalties from the tax returns and paid out what was left? Or should I still be worried about that letter?

Is the tax refund date on statement accurate?



My tax statement has a date of refund as 19. 03. 2016 is that the date I will receive the refund into my account

What to do if SARS penalises me?



I was working freelance for 2 companies. My salary was plus minus R15,000 a year. SARS penalised me because I don't fill in forms. They say I owe R10,500. I don't have that money - what can I do?

Company tax returns



How do I calculate my companies tax returns. My company has never worked but it was registered in 2012. Now I need to know what should I do to calculate and get a new tax clearance

Tax number for checks



I recently had to give my tax number to a rental agent/landlord for a lease application. Does this mean they could gain access to my tax records if they have my tax number?

Can I apply for a tax number when I'm using an asylum?



I'm a Zimbabwean citizen using an asylum can I apply for a Tax number?

Whose details go onto section 5 and 6 of CRA01 form?



On the CRA01 form, whose details go onto section 5 and 6 of the form? Mine or companies details? I am asking because this is a confirmation for business adress and on section 5 it requires that I put a tax number so I don't know whether to write my personal or business tax number.

Can a non-South African passport holder register for efiling?



Can a non-south African passport holder register for SARS eFiling?

Refund audit



I would just like to know is a refund audit quicker than the 60 days SARS gives themselves? I was audited and requested to send supporting documents the audit was complete and when I called in the call centre agent said all audits have been complete, it is now at the refund department and they give themselves another 60 working days to pay out. So my question is are they normally quicker when it comes to this 60 working days?

After verifying bank details how long does our refund take to be paid to us?



We were audited this last financial year. Everything was fine and we are due a refund but now they needed to FICA us again. We have done this but now they say the refund can take 3 months. Looking at a document we were given this morning, they have registered us as new taxpayers but we are not. For the last 20 years the refunds were always paid into the account on their records.

Tax on bonus from my employer



Hi, can you please clarify if there is a specific tax rate percentage charged on BONUS PAYMENTS by employers? Last year it seemed to be exactly 36% that was deducted for tax, this year (to Feb 2017) I'm not sure what rate is applied.

SARS and Sequestration



If a person is sequestrated, then the person gets a new tax number. How come E-Filing still has the old details of which I had to change it myself to the new tax number. What happens to the old tax returns on the old tax number. How come I get audited every time after sequestration and sometimes I have to pay in even after I over deducted PAYE the one year?
If I submit at the branch will SARS look at the e-filing and say I did not submit?
I have submitted all the documents and how can SARS ask for more docs that I don't have....

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What does "outstanding tax directive" message mean?



"Please note that your tax return cannot be processed immediately due to an outstanding Tax Directive. Therefore, manual intervention is required. SARS will advise you as soon as your tax return has been assessed" this is what my SARS eFiling tax summary has been saying from the 28/01/2016. What does this mean?

How do I clear an outstanding old tax return?



During 2012 I did not submit a tax return on SARS eFiling as I earned less than the threshold. Now 4 years later the tax return is still showing as outstanding? Is there a way to clear this?

Capital gains tax on primary residence



I want to proceed with Tax Tim to complete my tax return for 2015 as it seems I have a penalty of R 1215. My question is, my tax practitioner did not complete my last tax return and I have managed to gain control of my SARS eFiling and changed my status from a Provisional Tax Payer to Ordinary Tax Payer, do I submit my tax return as a Provisional or Personal Tax Payer. I did not work in 2015, sold my jointly owned property in JHB, moved to CT and bought another property from the proceeds. I have...

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