PAYE - traveling

Posted 23 June 2015

Good day can I deduct traveling to and from work every day (130km x 5 times per week). So that my PAYE is less every week?

Can you claim for use of your private vehicle for work without a travel allowance or car allowance?

Posted 23 June 2015

Can you claim for vehicle usage if you used your private car for work and got a detailed logbook for it but did not receive any travel allowance or car allowance?

Erroneous Payments and IRP5

Posted 24 May 2015

I've been overpaid erroneously for a year . My employer wants the monies paid back in full. Roughly a third of the amount was taxed and appears on the IRP5. Must the IRP5 be amended by the employer, while we sort out the pay back arrangements?

Does a director of a company have to register as a tax payer by law? Please give ref to the relevant

Posted 17 May 2015

Does a director of a company have to register as a tax payer by law? Please give ref to the relevant Act. Thank you.

Where do I find the source code 3816

Posted 11 May 2015

Source code 3816

How to submit tax returns when working abroad?

Posted 11 May 2015

I have been submitting a tax return every year for a few years now. I plan to go overseas and work/travel. How would I complete future tax returns? I want to avoid penalties for non-submission, but am unsure how to complete the return if I am not earning income in South Africa.

Compensation of home based care worker - tax obligations?

Posted 30 April 2015

I would like to understand the tax obligations, if any, for the following scenario and hope you will be able to assist with such. I am disabled and had to employ the services of a home based care worker to assit in my daily living activities/requirements. (since Jan 2015) According to my understanding, such is not deemed to be a formal employment and thus would not be taxable (same as domestic workers), but I just want to make sure. Neither is UIF payable. Now for the tax question: The carewor...

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Do you pay PAYE on unpaid leave?

Posted 30 April 2015

My salary is as follows basic of 16500, travel allowance of 4500, cell all R500, medical aid R500 & RAF R500. I did not work 2 days this month and this was deducted as unpaid leave of R1517. 24. Please advise if you are supposed to pay PAYE on unpaid leave. Thanks

Housing allowance tax?

Posted 21 April 2015

I am a 27 years old. I have a new job mu basic salary is R18 600 and I will also receive a housing allowance of 2300. How much tax will I pay in tax?

How does my salary get taxed?

Posted 21 April 2015

Hello , I am 37 years old and my annual salary is R160000 and travel allowance R40000 I a traveling roughly equal for business and private distance and contributing R14000 pension fund (out of my salary earnings) what is my tax deduction from my monthly salary?

How can I claim my returns from paying school fees, groceries and my car for travelling to work?

Posted 6 April 2015

How can I claim my refund from paying school fees, groceries and my car for travelling to work everyday?

Reimbursed tuition fee?

Posted 5 March 2015

My employer reimburses my tuition fee if I passed all subjects. I am studying a PGDA and I am a trainee. Is the reimbursed tuition taxable?

Can I claim for travel expense if I earn a basic and comm and my comm is less than 50% for the year?

Posted 3 March 2015

I earn a basic and commission, but my commission is less than 50% of my income for the year. I have claimed travel expenses as I use my own vehicle and pay my own petrol etc. I submitted a logbook, but they have disallowed the travel expenses as my commission is less than 50% of my total income. Is this correct? How else can I claim for my travel expenses? As it cost me R58 171. 00 for the year and I should be able to get something back surely?

Am I correct in what I propose doing?

Posted 2 March 2015

I have dual citizenship. I have resided in the UK for the last 5 years with my children. Income from living annuity is being limited to 3%. I plan to sell my shares over 8 years and remit the proceeds together with the annuity to cover my living expenses and then increase my annuity to cover future shortfalls on my living expenses. I am 75 years old. My intention is to keep my taxable income below the tax threshold. I pay 15% WHT on dividends. I earn no income from any other source in South Afr...

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Do I need a log book for a sole proprietor

Posted 27 February 2015

Hi Tim, I am a sole proprietor and have a question about deducting my vehicle and petrol for business use. Currently I am deducting 70% of my vehicles monthly installment as well as 70% of my fuel costs from my taxable profit. However I have not been keeping a log book, the 70% is an estimate which in my opinion is a bit lower than my actual business use. Almost all my mileage is for business use. Could I get in trouble for this? Do I need to keep a logbook? If ever asked by sars I could give a ...

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How to ask for an extension of the time to submit our return?

Posted 26 February 2015

We are a Partnership traveling Southern Africa for our business. We traveled and had a lot of vehicle problems and due to that, we cannot finish our tax returns before the 27th of February 2015. What can we do to get a week's extension?

I travel from home to different sites by the company vehicle, how to account for private kilos?

Posted 24 February 2015

I travel from home to different sites by the company vehicle, how to account for private kilos?

Claiming for Petrol from SARS?

Posted 22 February 2015

I have a full time job as a Sales Executive. I use my own vehicle for work, and keep a logbook. I then claim S&T from my work and get paid the month there after. Can I claim and how does it work (what must I claim and what do I get back)?

As well - I buy gifts for my clients (chocolates, accessories, stationery, etc. Can I also claim this?

Depreciation on private vehicle

Posted 20 February 2015

Can one claim depreciation on a private vehicle if you have already claimed for travelling - Commission income

How long, if you dont have a tax number, do u have before you need if u have recently been employed?

Posted 17 February 2015

Lets say someone just recently started working, and wont be able to get their tax number before pay day. Is there an allowance or period that that person allowed to get my tax number without any penalties?

Can I depreciate a second hand vehicle?

Posted 9 February 2015

Vehicle depreciation and year model clarity. Can I buy a second hand vehicle that is three years old and still depreciate the vehicle over five years?

Can you deduct expenses incurred in production of income when earning an hourly rate subject to PAYE

Posted 31 January 2015

Where you work on short term contract for an hourly rate and your "client" deducts employee tax from your earnings (following completion of a questionnaire), are you able to deduct expenses incurred in the production of that income - such as travel and subsistence?

Salary paid and claimable expenses?

Posted 26 January 2015

1. I am a salaried employee, I receive a travel allowance so I claim my business km's by using a logbook- but I would like to know whether I can also claim the depreciation on my vehicle even if I claim km's?

2. My wife was unemployed for 18 months, so I paid for her medical aid, she submitted a 0 return for herself, would just like to know whether I can claim the medical aid expenses on my tax return ( as I paid for it, but it is on her name). 3. I have a Samsung Tablet which I use 9...

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S10(1)(o)(ii) - does all the time out of SA need to be spent actually working?

Posted 25 January 2015

I am a freelancer, and last year I spent 248 days out of SA, in three blocks (including one block of more than 60 days). During some of this time out of the country, I did some contract work - two jobs for two different foreign companies, and one job for a South African company. But I spent much of the time not actually working, but travelling/holidaying. Of the 248 days, only 97 were spent on work contracts. So I just want to clarify whether the income I earned on those three contract jobs is t...

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Treatment of reimbursive and travel allowance in the same period?

Posted 20 January 2015

How do we calculate business km's when employee has got both reimbursive and travel allowance?
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