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COVID-19 Tax News Posts in TaxTim's Blog

Been working from home? You can get money back from SARS

  Written by Patrick  


Good news if you’ve been working from home for the past year. You can claim a tax deduction if you worked from home for more than half of your total working hours or for more than six months during the tax year that started in March 2020.

“Claim for your home office if you started working from home at the end of March, and worked there for at least 6 months till the end of February 2021, to deduct this benefit in the tax ...



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Possible tax hikes to cover the cost of Covid-19 vaccines

  Written by Patrick  


As many countries around the world are already in the process of distributing the Covid-19 vaccine, the National Treasury of South Africa is proposing the possibility

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FAQs: Retrenchment

  Written by Neo  


Thousands of people have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the disease.

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Covid 19: Unpacking the Tax Relief for Small Businesses

  Written by Neo  


The national lockdown due to the Covid-19 virus is undoubtedly wreaking havoc on the economy.  Small businesses have been hard hit – many not knowing if they will have sufficient cash flow to resume operations when things eventually return to normal.

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Covid 19: What to do when you have to go to a SARS branch?

  Written by Neo  


Quarantine. Self-isolation. Coronavirus. These are the buzzwords for 2020, and once it is all over, words we’ll probably never want to hear again. In light of Covid-19, TaxTim offers the safest way to handle your taxes - online.

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