How can SARS assess me as being R80,900 in arrears when I pay PAYE each month?

Posted 8 August 2013

SARS sent me an SMS saying I have R80,900 in tax arrears. Although I'm registered as a provisional taxpayer, I also paid PAYE through my employer of R39,010.89, and then an additional payment of R44,000.00 three months ago (as am married in C.O.P. and my wife has an annuity income). Can you advise me how to go about finding out why they say I owe so much? I'm freaked out as I simply can't pay.

Freelancer questions - Personal / business home office expense and wear & tear on a PC

Posted 5 August 2013

I am a freelancer & am registered as a provisional tax payer.

With regards to sharing rental costs, seeing that one of my rooms in my flat is used for my office, can I add detergents, coffee & tea to my list of expenses? If I had an office, these would come off as office expenses I'm sure. So seeing that I use the communal area of my house, i.e. toilet & kitchen, should the running expenses not be added to the amount I split between personal/business use?

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Freelancer - local and international - Needs to start keeping records for tax purposes

Posted 31 July 2013

I have been freelancing for local and international companies for a few months. I need to get my tax admin sorted out. I work from home and am on my husbands medical aid.

Where do I start and how do I maintain all my information that I need to? I'm happy to set up Excel docs to keep records. I'd like to know what I should be keeping records of,  where I can benefit from tax refunds, and what expenses I can set against the business. Do you have any templates I could use?

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Company tax submission dates?

Posted 28 July 2013

What are the tax return submission dates for a company with a year end of July?

As a contractor should I submit both IRP6 and an IT12 or just the IRP6's?

Posted 24 July 2013

Hi Tim, thanks for a great web site!

I'm an IT contractor and for 6 months at the start of 2013 I worked for a company in South Africa and was paid a fixed amount each month. I received a payslip and tax was deducted, however my tax number wasn't included on the payslip. I was asked to become a permanent employee after the 6 months but declined and subsequently left SA to work overseas on a contract where the money I earned was transferred to my SA bank account. I submitted an IT12 to SARS showing the amounts I'd earned from both contracts...

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Declaration and calculation of Trustees Fees received for income tax purposes?

Posted 24 July 2013

If you receive Trustees fees how should this be declared and taxed?

How does the rental tax on a first property, paid in cash, work?

Posted 23 July 2013

I currently live with my parents, on their property. I am looking at purchasing an apartment for R650 000 and renting it out. I have been given the option of paying for this in cash and then paying my family back at their low bond rate of 6.5% (prime -2%).

The property will be rented out for R5500. The expenses on the property (rates and levys) are R1800. So the rental income would be R3700pm. This R3700 as well as another R4300 will be paid monthly to my parents (total R8000pm).
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How much tax do I have to pay as a self employed buinessmen?

Posted 19 July 2013

Hey Tim, awesome site and very helpful info. I am not sure of my tax number, I was out the country for a few years and before that I was self employed and now again I am self employed. I last worked for a company n SA probably 10 years ago.

We have started 3 businesses since we have been in SA (my wife and I) and the first 2 didn't really get going at all and cost much more than they made which wasn't much at all. They were both Close Corporations but we never got to the stage when we got a bookkeeper in to do anything...

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We run a small business, how do we account for the income tax?

Posted 17 July 2013

MY girlfriend and I have had our business for about a year now, we would like to know what we are supposed to do? Tax return number? Provisional tax?Corperate income tax?Turnover tax?I don't understand any of it

How do I show provisional tax paid on my ITR12?

Posted 17 July 2013

Where do I reflect on my ITR12 what tax I have paid over and above what got deducted by my company?

If I have a fulltime job and do part time freelance work on the side how would I pay tax?

Posted 10 July 2013

I have a full time job and want to start doing some freelance work on the side but don't know how I would pay tax for both incomes. Do I need to register for provisional and non provisional tax? Will I need to submit tax forms for both or can I do them together as one tax form? Also if I don't do any freelance work for a few months do I still need to submit a return for that period?

If my provisional tax return is a zero, must I still complete the IRP6?

Posted 8 July 2013

As a member of a CC I paye fixed monthly PAYE and all payments are always 100% up to date. I submitted my 2013 tax return and IT34 tax assessment is -R1 (SARS owes me). On the same assessment is also a penalty of R 2,288 for not submitting provisional tax. Surely this cannot be right. Must I object Hasn't SARS issued a statement confirming that you're only obliged to submit a provisional tax return if you are indeed liable for provisional tax?

How do I tell SARS I have already paid provisional tax when completing my ITR12?

Posted 8 July 2013

I earn a salary per month which I pay PAYE on. I then have a business on the side which generates about R 10k per month. Do I need to register for provisional tax and if so what do I declare on the IRP6 - only the income relating to the business on the side? What can I deduct as expenses ont he IRP5? Thanks

I DO NOT HAVE A FIXED SALARY AS I AM SELF EMPLOYED. WHAT DO I DO NOW?

Posted 6 July 2013

I DO NOT RECEIVE AN IRP5 FORM AS I AM SELFEMPLOYED

Being hired as a consultant for UK based company but I will be based in SA, how am I taxed?

Posted 3 July 2013

I am joining a UK based company next month as a consultant - I will be the only person working in SA so they do not want to open an SA entity - They will be paying me in by EFT into my bank account and I will need to pay tax on my own. Is this something you can help with?

How do you apportion depreciation for a PC with both business and personal use?

Posted 3 July 2013

I bought a computer for my work (I'm a sole proprietor) and I believe that I have to apportion any depreciation I want to claim on it on my ITR12--although it is mostly used for work, I do use it a bit for non-business purposes as well.

Could you please tell me how I would calculate an apportionment like this and if I would have to have been keeping records of use for the computer?

Do I *have* to submit additional documentation?

Posted 2 July 2013

I am a provisional taxpayer, and have been filing my returns for a couple of years. After filing my latest return, SARS says that I owe them R10, and also requested additional documentation.

Can I just pay the R10 and leave the "additional documentation"? It seems like a ton of schlep to scan all the documents, just to save on the R10!

ITR12 for foreign personal service providers possible?

Posted 1 July 2013

Hi Tim, I am running a sole proprietorship that is registered in Europe and provides consulting services to South African companies. My client classified my company as a personal service provider and started to withhold 28% tax. I registered as a tax payer (IT77) and created a SARS efiling account for organisations. The efiling account only offers me the option to submit an ITR12 return. The tax calculator assigns the normal personal income tax and not the flat 28% for personal service providers...

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I've been practicing as a medical practitioner since 2010 and still have not payed tax?

Posted 24 June 2013

How do I go about starting this process? I've been an associate for the first 2 years and a partner the last 2 years. I've acquired a house with my wife and we needed to renovate the house and the grannies flat into a practice which I practice from 2 days a week. With all living expenses I do not have the excess to pay tax. What do I do?

Where does one claim RA contrbutions on an ITR12 form?

Posted 18 June 2013

Registered as a provisional tax payer and cannot see where RA deductions can be added?

How would I handle tax for freelance work?

Posted 17 June 2013

I've just started at a company doing part time work (22nd May). I get paid on an hourly basis, and the amount hours I work is up to me (very flexible - I am a student). I work about 120 hours a month which returns over R10 000 per month. Since it wont be a fixed amount every month (could be less, could be up to R16K), am I provisional tax payer? The first IRP6 is at the end of August, how would I go about handling this?

Would I be expected to pay 25% of all the income from June 2013- February 2014, on payment #2 IRP6 (February 2014)?...

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Paying Tax for Website Earnings?

Posted 12 June 2013

Hi Tim

I have a website and I receive an income every month through advertising which is paid to my bank account from overseas every month.

The amount differs each month (how much visits I get, ad company etc.)

How will I pay tax if I earn one month R3000 and one month R10000 (examples).

I don't want to pay a lump sum at the end of the 'tax year' if that is what it is called but would rather pay monthly like when you working in a company, is this possible?...

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Medical Contributions and Expenses deduction for IRP6 First Period 2014?

Posted 11 June 2013

How are Medical expenses (Subscriptions and Self Paid) included/calculated on the IRP6 form.

Big trouble! SOS

Posted 4 June 2013

Hi Tim - I stumbled on this website today and it looks very helpful!Owing to a number of reasons beyond our control and sheer overwhelm by a 'black swan'-type situation since 2005, both my husband and I were not able to resolve our business and personal tax situation to date. Could we use TaxTim to complete Tax returns backdated to 2005?Hope you can help!

How does tax work for freelancers and part time workers?

Posted 3 June 2013

I am a freelance photographer, part time lecturer at two colleges and I facilitate some photography short courses. How do I pay tax? What tax do I pay?
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