I live abroad and earn rental income in SA. is this submitted normally?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 12 December 2025

I worked abroad and want to file my tax return? I have worked abroad for the full year and fall under all points that my salary wouldn't be taxed in SA. I still own a property in SA and receive rental income the property income - expenses made a loss due to renovations, how is this complicated situation be calculated and do I just submit a normal tax income?

Organisation tax

  Written by Alicia   Posted 8 December 2025

How can I see what my next step in terms of filing a tax return for my organisation, even if no trading or profit was made?

Tax treatment of a director's loan

  Written by Alicia   Posted 8 December 2025

What are the tax implication if I loan money to my company to buy a vehicle?
We have a loan agreement in which the company will repay the loan to me in instalments over 36 months.
The agreement also states that I am able to use the vehicle for business purposes and that I should pay an additional fee for a maintenance plan.

Can I claim expenses when rental property is vacant

  Written by Alicia   Posted 18 November 2025

My rental property was not occupied for a period of 2 months (October and November), while I was trying to find a new tenant. Can I claim expenses (interest, levies, rates, insurance) while not earning rental income.

Provisional taxpayer: what to do if I became one late in the year?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 14 April 2025

I only became a provisional tax payer in December 2024. Prior to that I was under PAYE with my previous employer. How do I submit my tax return and will I need to file two seperate tax returns? Can I submit for only 2 months?

Vacation Home - What do I submit/declare in my Personal Tax Return?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 17 July 2024

I bought a house December 2023, which are rented out as a vacation home. This is my first house that I bought and do not know what I need to submit/declare in my Personal Tax Return for 2024. Can you please assist?

Is rental expense a tax deductible expense for Airbnb subletting?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 23 May 2024

I know that the interest on a bond is tax deductible in the case of an Airbnb.
I was wondering if the rental of a property is also tax deductible if you use the arbitrage Airbnb method, i.e. subletting a fixed-term rental as an Airbnb?

Another question, what if the property is not my own, I am renting it from someone and subletting it. Is the rental expense that I pay, a deductible expense of operating the Airbnb business?

I know you have tiers of packages. How much do you charge to do the income tax of individuals that include the rental income? ...

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How would SARS tax you if you win the Powerball?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 21 May 2024

If I win the Powerball and decide to put all my winnings into a savings account and live off the interest, will I have to pay tax on my interest earned only, or am I supposed to pay tax on the total amount of winnings in the account?

How do I obtain my ITA34 documents?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 21 May 2024

I have lived abroad for six years and have not paid my taxes in South Africa.
I have now returned and am living in South Africa. I need to obtain my ITA34 documents for the past three years for the bank.

What percentage tax does a person as a consultant pay?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 23 April 2024

I have been offered a job as a part time consultant. The company says that I must pay tax directly to SARS. How much tax will I have to pay directly to SARS?

My seafarer exemption was rejected. What do I do now?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 30 January 2024

I received a SARS assessment after submitting my tax return via TaxTim. During the submission, there was no payment to SARS expected. However I then received an assessment for a large (R2m) balance owed. At the time I assumed it was a mistake or a premature assessment before my documents had been processed, but I've now received an email from SARS stating Outstanding Debt. Please could you assist me with understanding the significant discrepancy between the TaxTim calculation and the SARS assess...

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What must I do with the auto-assessment from SARS?

  Written by Nicci   Updated 3 May 2022

I received an SMS from SARS which says something about an auto-assessment. When I login to eFiling I see there is an option to accept or edit it. Are there any risks involved with accepting it? What should I look out for? Please help, I know nothing about this new SARS process.

Married in Community of Property

  Written by Nicci   Updated 20 April 2022

My wife and I got married last year on the 26th of March 2018. We got married in community of property, so when it comes to tax what I would like to understand is whether we will both need to do our tax differently this year and also, I would like to find out what would the implications on our tax returns be like?

Deceased Relative and Savings

  Written by Nicci   Updated 17 April 2022

I have a relative that has unfortunately passed on and I am the dependent that will receive all the savings from this relative- these savings are coming from an international bank account, in Norway. This would be my first time having to claim this and making sure that I do it correctly. What I would like to find out is, what would I need to do on my side to ensure that I am safe and clear with SARS and the laws of the country?

What happens once I've submitted my tax return form?

  Written by Marc   Posted 6 April 2022

One of the questions most asked when it comes to tax season, is “what happens now that I’ve submitted my income tax return, when do I get my refund?”’

If you’re due a tax refund then you will probably get the money deposited into your account within a few days. SARS will also email or SMS you telling you that an IT34 (Summary of your return and refund) and ITSA (Income Tax Statement of Account) have been issued. They will detail your tax refund (tax back) if any. So look forward to that deposit into your account. ...

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Shareholder Loan and own company

  Written by Nicci   Updated 5 April 2022

I have a loan with my company (payable from the company). I would like to know what the effects are that we need to consider regarding interest-free loans? I am aware that we can create a tax deduction for the company and I will have the interest exemption, but I feel there is something I'm missing?

Also if the shareholder already exceeded his R23k exemption, will it be fine if we do not levy any interest on this loan? Will there be any unknown tax consequences for that?

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How do I account for online Forex Trading in my income tax return?

  Written by Marc   Posted 5 April 2022

A little background on myself. I am a salaried employee of the department of health in South Africa. I am registered with eFiling and have been submitting tax returns since 2008/09.

I have a hypothetical question about forex trading. If I make say R300 000 suppose in the 2012/2013 tax year and the amount I deposited was about R50000to fund the account, then what would my taxation be? Or at least what would the percent on taxation be and on which amount would that percentage be taken off? The net or the total?...

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VAT on interest

  Written by Marc   Updated 31 March 2022

I have a business that collects debt on behalf of other service providers, we eventually charge interest if the payments are overdue longer than 3 months. Are we required to charge VAT on this interest?

Tax on Forex Trading

  Written by Nicci   Updated 29 March 2022

Q: How do I go about paying tax on forex income?

I will soon be receiving additional income of about R30000.00pm from a forex investor who is trading on my behalf, I am not trading. My current income is around R36000.00 to R41000.00 gross per month.
How do I go about paying tax on the forex income? Do I have any exemptions on this?

Also can you please give me advice in terms of paying less tax? I presume the bes...

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Do I need to wait for SARS confirmation for provisional tax return?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 16 March 2022

I have successfully filed my provisional tax return for 2022 and would like to know if I need to wait for SARS to approve the amount or do I go ahead and pay the amount stated through the eFiling site?

What happens to previous late/incomplete tax returns after a penalty has been paid in full?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 21 July 2020

I have been working abroad permanently for more than three years and I reside outside of South Africa. I have never fully understood the tax rules and see that I have some penalties (fines) for late/incomplete submissions. I do not have any way of receiving all information needed to submit old tax returns, so I want to know what will happen when I pay the penalties? Will it just start racking up again for the same infringements or will I have a clean slate to do things the right way going forwar...

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Individual Tax Consultation

  Written by Nicci   Posted 18 June 2020

In January 2018 I stopped working as a full time employee and for the 2018/2019 tax year I did various things (including foreign travel and work) and earned different kinds of incomes. I did not register as a provisional taxpayer as at that stage I really did not know how the year was going to pan out and if I was going back into full time employment again. I would like to settle any tax I may owe for the 2018/2019 year, however with my different incomes, working out the country for more than 18...

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What is cut-off date for tax return submissions?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 18 June 2020

What is the cut-off date for submitting a tax return this year? I am struggling to get a hold of my IRP5 from my previous employer and I am therefore concerned that I will miss the submissions cut off date.

How to check available funds at SARS

  Written by Nicci   Posted 28 May 2020

If you have never filed for a tax return before, how do you go about checking if there are funds owed to you at SARS? I would like to start filing my tax return for this year as I have been unemployed for a long period, but now I am back in the workforce.

Provisional Tax and Rental Income

  Written by Nicci   Posted 29 April 2020

I have filed and completed the 2017 personal income tax for myself. I started receiving rental income from my property in March 2017. Where do I declare this income? Is it part of provisional tax and will I pay penalties for late submission?

Also,
1. The property is owned by myself and my wife. Will we both need to file tax returns for this Rental Income?
2. Does this mean a whole new tax return must be submitted, or is it only necessary to complete the IRP6?
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