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Medical tax credit if I am sponsoring my Mom's medical aid?



I am an employed person and have no trouble doing my tax return with SARS e-filing. What I would like to know is the following: Since October 2013 I have been paying my Mom's medical aid, she is a 70 year old pensioner (state pension grant) and not registered for tax. She is not on my medical aid as it is more affordable to have a separate medical aid for her.

This year she received a tax certificate from her medical aid. Is there any way in which I can claim for her medical aid cont...

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Am keen to know if I am due a refund or not. Earned R42,000.



If I earned only R42000 in 2013, having worked for only three months, and paid R6000 in tax, for that earning, over the whole year, is there a possibility I could get a tax refund based on the primary tax rebates and my medical spend of R1000?

Letter from SARS about source code 4027



I received an ITA34 and a letter from SARS. It asks me for relevant material for source code 4027. Must I get a letter from my employer confirming that I use my laptop for work an must my IRP5 be changed?

SMS to verify acc nr



I submitted IRP5 and I got sms to verify my account number. I didn't get any email from SARS and there was no letter in my efiling. I only got sms. What must I do?

Paid in error by SARS due to mistake on my side but Request for correction done



Hi. I've made a mistake on my E-filing which resulted in my ITA34 showing that SARS owed me Money. After I've rectified my my mistake, Version 2 of my ITA34 showed an amount of R0, but that following morning the amount of the first ITA34 was paid into my bank account. What should I do now?

Will it be rectified automatically meaning the will deduct the money from my account or what?

Should employers still provide paper copies of employee IRP5's?



Is it normal to no longer receive a physical copy of your IRP5? For the last few years, I have not received the usual paper copy, but just logged on to eFiling and my IRP information was already filled in on my personal income tax return form. I've just submitted my tax return and shortly after received a notification that I was selected for verification and must submit all documents. Only problem is, I don't have a copy of my IRP5.

SARS refunds then reverses transaction and sets a new refund date. Help?



I submitted my tax return via efiling on 01 July. I was as per usual selected for audit. I received an initial assessment and upon submitting my supporting documents they obviously decided to disallow some of my medical expenses.

They then issued a revised assessment which reflected R5500 lower owing to me. I called the call centre and was told that my file was finalised and I could expect a refund date by yesterday 06/07/15.

I drew a statement of account yesterday and it showed a refund date of today 7th...

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Can a job hunter get a tax number?



I am a job hunter and I submitted my CV so they want a tax number. Will I get it immediately or will I wait? Please reply, thanks

When will SARS refund me?



I e-filed on the 1 July and immediately got a letter to submit supporting documents which I uploaded 20 minutes later. Status says "Correction Filed" and Last status date "6 July 2015" When will SARS attend to my refund? Any Ideas.

How long after submition does it take for payout to take place



Hi Tim!

I submitted my returns on the 1st of July from the SARS branch and was told there are returns due to me, however I found out days later that there were outstanding returns (2012) that I still needed submit. All that has now been done. And now I would like to know how long will it take for the funds to be in my account.

Can jobseekers get a tax number?



I submitted my CV so they need a tax number. Can I still register it even though I am not employed?

Do I need to declare my foreign salary earned in Abu Dhabi, UAE, when I submit my 2015 ITR12 return?



I am exclusively resident in the United Arab Emirates and work for an Abu Dhabi based company. In accordance to Section 10(1)(0)(ii) of the Income Tax Act of 1962, I was outside South Africa for a period exceeding 183 full days in aggregate, as well as more than 60 continuous days during the 2014/2015 tax year. I hold a UAE Residence Visa, a Ministry of Labour employment contract as well as a UAE Labour Card which serves as proof that I am a bone fide UAE worker. I annually submit an ITR12 retur...

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Tax Code 4006 is less than I supplied, it seems limited



Good day,

I completed my tax using efiling but the amount that I am inputting in the SARS code 4006 is showing a lesser amount on the calculated tax result. Is there a reason why amount is being lowered on the calculated result? I supplied an amount of R25000 on the Efiling form and on the Calculate Tax result shows R7700.

I am under the R350 000 threshold but still submitted my 2015 Tax return, will I still get my money?



I submitted my Tax return on the 01/07/2015. I am under the R350 000 threshold, so should I have not submitted it, will it now interfere with me getting my money?

The only expense I claim from is Medical aid. I have submitted it to SARS but I still have not received my Tax return, I haven't received any further correspondence from SARS saying I need to submit any forms and there are no discrepancies, I am owed money.

Two different IT34's



Good Day. I submitted my tax return on e-filing. I got an It34 stating an amount to be paid back to me. I then realised that their was a R4 difference on my laptop depreciation. I corrected it and resubmitted my Tax return (as they requested laptop invoice and figures need to match) I did the calculation and it showed about R4 less that I would be receiving back. But I then received another IT34 stating that I owed SARS R4. Which IT34 is correct? I changed an amount by R4 I can't possibly lo...

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Provident Fund and Child Maintenance



Good evening Tim. Just a quick question, where do I stipulate my provident fund and that I am paying child maintenance on Sars Efiling?

Can I claim for the above?

Employed Commission Earner and Investor - Where do I stand?



Hello

I am hoping you can help. A few things:

My retirement annuity reflects as code 3697 on my payslip. Is this normal, does it count the same as 4002?

I receive a car allowance, but my vehicle installments, insurance and petrol costs me more, is there a smarter way of doing this?

More than 50% of my salary was commission from a single employer this year. Can I still claim fuel,l insurance and depreciation although I have a car allowance? What other expenses can I legitimately claim (i.e entertainment, networking meetings etc. ) Can I claim for expenses my company have re-imbursed me for?...

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Payments from SARS



Ok so SARS owes me money. Do I have to fill in my banking details again under my online SARS eFiling profile, and which option should I choose?

Thanks

Can I submit outstanding tax returns from 2012 and will I get heavily penalized?



It's my first time submitting my tax returns this year, I have not submitted before, but have been paying income tax since 2012, can I submit for all my outstanding years and will I get penalized heavily? And how do I go about getting it all done?

Claim cell & ADSL expenses



How do you claim cell phones & ADSL lines expenses as a commission earner?

Is it a scam or is it legal within SARS to do tax return for commission on refund?



I would like to know if I can claim my tax return via people around the community who claim that they doing it for business purpose where we have to pay them 30% of the money we get after they claimed for us?

How to claim for Vehicle Expenses as an Estate Agent



I am an estate agent where I sell property and I am purely on commission only. No basic salary. I do know that I can claim for my petrol for business purposes. And I am also aware that I need to have a logbook for proof of mileage. However, on my IRP5 I cannot seem to enter the Petrol, Wear and Tear, Oil, Maintanance and Repairs, Insurance etc etc. Please help me as to how I can include that in my ITR12 form.

How long does it take for SARS to pay me after audit?



I submitted my IT return on the 1 July 2015 and were asked to scan my documents. Which I did at Kimberly branch. I received a long SMS about an audit. How long does it take for SARS to refund me after scanning my documents?

Tuck shop registration



Where can I register my tuck shop ?

What is employee tax contribution code? What do I use if person earns below tax threshold?



I am completing an IRP5 for someone earning below the tax threshold and I get this message from SARS eFiling:

Source codes 4101/4102/4115 must have a value
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