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Treatment of legal costs in CCMA



Was unfairly dismissed and at CCMA employer agreed to retrench me. I received the correct tax directive. How do I claim the legal costs incurred to fight my employer? I am unemployment but received rental income from my properties during the tax year.

I need my password and forgot all the details



I want to check my status on my tax return but am struggling to login to my SARS eFile account?

Tax return not submitted 2008



Hi Tim, I have submitted my tax returns from 2010 to date but did not from 2008 and 2009 as I thought I was below the earning bracket. I called SARS now and I am due for a refund but they want my tax return for 2008 and 2009. How do I go about doing this?

How do I get refund from SARS?



I worked for a company last year and they deducted tax from my salary will I be able to get a refund?

Cannot get IRP5



I cannot get my IRP5 from my previous employer. Can you advise what can be done?

Changing banking details in branch



Good day, What is the best way to go about changing your banking details with SARS? If you recommend going into a branch. Which branch would you reccommend in JHB? Thank you

Do I have returns?



Is it possible for you to tell if I got returns available?

Redundancy tax paid



I was made redundant end of Jan 2015. On my package I paid tax on leave encashment. Will I get this back on my next tax claim?

Medical deductions - sole beneficiary or payer?



My mother pays for my medical aid. I am not a dependent on her medical aid, I am the only member/beneficiary on my own plan with a different provider. I earn my own income and as such have to submit a tax return. Is the amount that is paid by my mother deductible from my income or hers under the "Medical Deductions" section on e-filing?

Changed banking details at SARS but old details still show



I have completed my tax return on efiling and SARS owes me money, with no (N) Audit. I changed my banking details at SARS office directly two weeks ago successfully, but when I was busy doing my return online, I noticed my old banking details where still there. I then proceeded to change them to the new ones manually on efiling. Why were my old banking details still visible there? and will they ask me to verify this again, even after I did that at the SARS office?

SARS Statuses



What do the different SARS statuses mean? The ones at the top of SARS eFiling that says "SARS Status". Mine states "Return - Assessed" The reason I am asking is because I have been selected for verification \ audit (again) and was just wondering if this meant that they have looked at the supporting documents and moved on to the next phase? To me "Return - Assessed" means that everything has been looked at and it is almost finalised. Am I correct in thinking so? Thanks

Source code 4238 - Taxable Local Dividend



On my IT3b there is an amount Taxable Local Dividend source code 4238. I can not find a source code 4238 on the SARS eFiling generated form. Where do I show the amount?

Returns



Hey would like to know if you'll be able to let me know if I have any returns this year please?

Sars E-filing or not? Earn under R350 000



Hi Taxtim. I already completed my tax return today via sars e-filing. The sars calculator shows a amount refundable to me. What I want to know is, is it correct for me to assume that I can still go ahead with this return despite of the fact that I didn't earn more than R350 000? Also I didn't change jobs, I worked for the same company for a year and 4 months but we were franchised so I have two different IRP5's from two different cc's. Also why I really want to do it because I have a really ex...

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Is taxtim part of SARS?



Is taxtim deel van SARS?

Can I get my eFiling username and password



Can I get my SARS eFiling username and password from you please?

Someone else using my eFiling account



What if somebody is using your SARS eFiling account without your knowledge and changed your password?

How long will it take for sars to return my tax after I have verify my documents



Hi Tim
how long does it take for sars to return my tax after I have verify my documents

-IT34 how is owed to me



I received a sms -IT34 notice am I owed a return and how do I know how much

Return requested by accident and filed



Recently I got a bit confused on the SARS eFiling website and accidently requested a tax return for 2005 and 2010. I get very nervous when submitting tax so having seen red text saying a tax return for 2005 and 2010 are incomplete (after I requested them) I completed the tax returns however there was nothing to submit as I was still in high school in 2005 and I was a student at university in 2010.

I did serve an internship in 2009 for 7 months for which I was paid R3200 a month, howe...

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Registered to e-filling but account is not being found



I just received an email saying that I am not registered to SARS e-filling. I registered at the beginning of May and have the confirmation emails. Do you have any recommendations on how to go about this. Anything to avoid going to the SARS office! :(

Can I claim expenses on bond and transfer fees on investment property?



My bond was registered for my investment property end April 2014. Please advise if I can claim under expenses incurred all of the bond and transfer fees amounting to R31,336. I called SARS contact centre and the lady advised that I am allowed to do so but from her tone of voice was not 100% certain. I have a reference number for the call whereby she agrees that I can claim as an expense. Please can you advise me as to what I should do?

Can I submit my IRP5 if the employer hasn't submitted on behalf of the company yet?



Can I submit my IRP5 if the employer hasn't submitted on behalf of the company yet?

Investment return tax



How much tax will I pay for my investment returns?

Can I expect a refund?



My IRP5 shows total tax is R40,950.33. How much can I expect to get?
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