Academic books - deductible?

  Written by Marc   Posted 25 April 2014

Can I claim deduction for academic books I buy? I am an academic employed by an institution. I need the books to do my job but my institution does not pay for books.

Salary calculations - what is included?

  Written by Marc   Posted 22 April 2014

An employee gets a Travel Allowance - 80% of his salary (correct). He also needs to pay off a Staff Loan - R1,000 per month. Do you deduct the loan amount BEFORE taxes or AFTER PAYE & UIF? What is the correction calculation PLEASE.

Tax payable when resigning from the GEPF during 2014?

  Written by Marc   Posted 21 April 2014

How much tax will be payable on a amount of R2 500 000 when resigning from the GEPF at the end of May 2014.

Is my ex spouse subject to pay tax on a divorce claim?

  Written by Marc   Posted 21 April 2014

How much tax will my ex- spouse pay on divorce settlement?

I received a sms saying there's -R5000 due from SARS - is this true?

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 April 2014

Hello, today I received an sms that tells me that my tax return is due and must select my bank below & process it via eFiling,and I do not have eFiling account,I'm not sure if there sms is true or not.

Is R199 a standard fee for all scenarious

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 April 2014

Are the costs R199 even if I have a property and receive a car allowance? Is it a standard fee?My husband and I are looking at changing tax practioners

What type of taxpayer am I classified as?

  Written by Marc   Posted 13 April 2014

Hopefully you can please help me out, I registered for Tax a year ago, by default I was registered as a non-provisional tax payer and I am currently unsure of how I should classify myself for tax purposes. I'm also not working as a company or cc but as an individual.

I have 3 different forms of income:
1) 35 Hours a week I work for a company on their premises (almost as a full time employee) and invoice them every month. 70% of income. The do not withhold PAYE as of yet.
2) 5 Hours a week for another company, Invoiced for as well. 15% of income and they withhold 25% PAYE....

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I never claimed tax since I started working 5 years ago, can I still claim and file my returns with

  Written by Marc   Posted 12 April 2014

I am working for a company for 5 years now and I haven't claimed tax since then but my employer has been deducting, so will I still be able to claim tax for all these years?

Will my employer incorrectly stating a tax credit as a deduction on my IRP5 prevent me from claiming

  Written by Marc   Posted 11 April 2014

I am worried that my employer intends to incorrectly insert the medical aid tax credit into my IRP5 as a deduction even though they do not deduct same from the monthly PAYE (I have asked them to in the past but they have declined to do so) - is their procedure correct or will this prevent me from claiming the tax credit on my return?

Medical Aid & Car & Travel Allowance Questions

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 April 2014

Can an employer pay an employee for medical aid if its not medical aid through the company but rather on their own capacity? For example I have my own medical aid on my name. Can my employer pay me a set amount of R2000 every month for medical aid? What is the tax benefit of that, if any?

What is the difference between a car/Motor Vehicle allowance and travel allowance or are they the same thing? I don't travel for the company, but could I still get a car/Motor Vehicle allowance?

Pension Fund vs RA

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 April 2014

I am currently at a company where they contribute and I contribute to a pension fund. Another company has a structure where they don't have any RA or pension scheme. If I were to take out an RA at the second company how will this affect my tax?

Income tax legislation?

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 April 2014

I need to know income tax legislation and criteria for deductible income tax.

Is SDL calculated on monthly salary of R2500 p/m?

  Written by Marc   Posted 7 April 2014

Does an employee pay Skill development Levy on a salary of R2500 per month for the tax year 2015?

I need to get my tax number?

  Written by Marc   Posted 5 April 2014

How can I get my tax number via mobile?

How to treat foreign income

  Written by Marc   Posted 5 April 2014

I am a SA citizen and live outside SA with my family(since 1998). I have bank accounts and property investments in SA, and I still fill tax return every year. My salary income is all foreign though. I visit SA almost every year for a period of 4-6 weeks for vacation); sometimes another 2 weeks over Christmas. I also own foreign property.Questions:1. Should I declare my foreign income?2. Should I declare my foreign property in any way, purchase, rental income, sale?

Tax thresholds?

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 April 2014

What is the minimum tax threshold for 2015?

our employee deduct

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 April 2014

hi tim our employee deduct PAYE from some of our casual worker but dont pay it in to sars what can we do.

Tax on earnings?

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 April 2014

My earnings are R7098.40 what will my PAYE be?

Won't I be penalised if I did not submit last year cos I did not have a medical aid?

  Written by Marc   Posted 3 April 2014

I receive my IRP5 every year, I never submitted them to receiver because all along I did not have a medical aid or a retirement annuity. Last year in September I then joined the Government medical aid and it was also stated in some articles that if you don't have one of the mentioned and earning below 250 000 per annum there was no reason to submit. This year I will do my submission since I have a medical aid.

My question is won't I be penalized for not submitting last year due to th...

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Income tax for Fy 13-14.

  Written by Marc   Posted 2 April 2014

Hi, My annul income is R. 495 000 and I joined in South Africa payroll in mid of Jan -14.So my question is how much income tax I should pay to government.

If my previous employer has submitted my IRP5 forms to SARS will I receive a tax return?

  Written by Marc   Posted 2 April 2014

Please advise on the following. I have had two previous employers but I had not registered for tax or eFiling?

Recently, I had received my IPR5 from one of the previous employers. The IPR5 form was filled in by HR and had a 10 digit number which I assume to be my tax number, am I correct to assume so?

Secondly, if my previous employer has submitted the IRP5 forms, will I receive any return or do I have to register for eFiling and submit the forms myself in order to obtain a return?...

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Donations Tax?

  Written by Marc   Posted 2 April 2014

My parents are married in community. 1) Do they still need to fill in forms at SARS if they give me a donation of less than R100 000 each ? I understand that my dad can donate R100K to my mom tax free, but can my mom then donate that same R100K to me so that I can receive R200K in total for the tax year, or can they only donate a joint total of R100K?

Is your service for small businesses?

  Written by Marc   Posted 1 April 2014

Is your service for small businesses?

Will I pay SA tax on my UK pension and lump sum from deferred pension received in SA?

  Written by Marc   Posted 1 April 2014

I have lived in SA for 40 years and have just started receiving the portion of the UK pension that I am entitled to, will I have to pay SA tax on that. Also, because of my deferred pension and the choice of lump sum or extra pension, if I choose the lump sum and have it sent here will I have to pay SA tax, I can tell you the amount of the lump sum if you need to know it.

Detailed medical accounts - what does SARS accept?

  Written by Marc   Posted 1 April 2014

I have hospital accounts with receipts (fully paid) and intend to claim a deduction from SARS with my 2014 tax return, however the hospital accounts ((Mediclinic), only state ward stock, theatre stock and dispensary stock. These items were either for medication or materials given/used. I would like to know if these accounts are adequate with this info or must each and every item used be specified for me to claim a tax rebate?
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