No travel allowance tax claim help

  Written by Marc   Posted 25 August 2015

I am using my vehicle for business purposes and I kept a Skytrax logbook. I traveled about 40% of my KM's for business. I do not have a travel allowance and my commission was less than 50% of my income. Can I still claim my travel expenses? My Employer is not willing to amend the IRP5 to include a travel allowance. I still feel that I am out of pocket and I was not advised by my Employer when I started that I should structure my salary with a travel allowance. Please advise if there is a way...

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Travel expenses claim?

  Written by Marc   Posted 25 August 2015

I have done freelance consultancy work for 2 companies over a period of 3 months. The other months of the tax year I have been in fixed employment at a companies deducting PAYE with no travel allowance. Have not kept details of fuel and vehicle expenses. Can I claim a travelling expense for the 3 months based on kilometers driven ito the fixed cost and variable cost travel allowance method? If not what method should I use for travel expenses as a deduction against the production of the consultan...

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Contributing to Botswana medical aid scheme, is it tax deductible?

  Written by Marc   Posted 25 August 2015

I am a tax returning resident to South Africa. Been working in Botswana for the last 16 years and tax returned to work in RSA from June 2014. I have been contributing monthly to a medical aid scheme in Botswana(BOMAID), will this be deemed tax deductible to SARS?

Depreciation for SARS.

  Written by Marc   Posted 24 August 2015

I have used TaxTim to calculate my depreciation. SARS is now looking for supporting documentation. What do I need to submit?

Fleet Cards

  Written by Marc   Posted 24 August 2015

How should employer tax work on the following:

Employee uses a company fleet card for fuel cost. Example of the July:
July Fleet Card Balance of statement R3 500
Travel claim (1 000 km @ R2. 05 p/km) R2 050
Deduction from employee for private use of fleet card R1 450 (R3 500 - 2 050)

Under which IRP 5 code should the travel claim be?
Should it be 3702 because the employee pays back the private use of the fleet card therefore there is no fringe benefit.

How is it possible that I have never received a tax refund since 2005?

  Written by Marc   Posted 21 August 2015

How is it possible that I have never received a tax refund since 2005?. I employed by a corporate (approx 40 000. 00 employees) that pays my tax for me.

What will my perk tax be?

  Written by Marc   Posted 20 August 2015

how do i determine perk tax on a vehicle of R250 000

What other documents are needed to hand in with IRP5 at branch or efiling?

  Written by Marc   Posted 19 August 2015

Hi, what other documents is requiered at the SARS branch whith my IRP5? And do I need it for SARS eFiling as well? Thanks

Audit taking forever - now escalated ?

  Written by Evan   Posted 18 August 2015

Hi guys, I submitted my tax return on the 1st July. My tax return was assessed and it was shown that a payout was due but I was selected for an Audit. After waiting 31 days I phoned and they acknowledged that this had taken longer than the stipulated time and escalated my query... I was told this could take a further 21 days???

Are we really at the mercy of the system or is there any other recourse we can take? (straight forward tax return - no vehicle allowance etc. )

Salary 10 000 + 2000 fuel allowance - tax?

  Written by Marc   Posted 18 August 2015

If I receive a monthly salary of R10000 and a fuel allowance of R2000 - how much will I clear

Are vehicle repayments tax deductable for a sole-proprietor?

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 August 2015

I am a sole proprietor in a health profession. I have an office, but I see a lot of clients at their homes or primary residence. I need a car to conduct my business, and have just bought a new car. What are the tax implications of this? Can I deduct the repayments and insurance premium as a business expense?

Fringe benefit calc on use of company vehicle for period less than a month?

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 August 2015

How do I calculate fringe benefits tax on the use of a company vehicle. The vehicle was received on the 14 Aug 2015.

Home expenses when working from home and commission is less than 50 % of income

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 August 2015

If you earn a fixed salary and commission from the same employer and the commission is less than 50 % of the salary, can a deduction for home office space be utilised?
The employer confirms in writing that the employee works from home only and the employee incurred expenses to set up and amintian the home office. The salary was structured in a way to also include a Travel allowance and full logbook detail is being kept

"statement of assets and liabilities"

  Written by Marc   Posted 17 August 2015

Hi Tim,
"statement of assets and liabilities"
I dont remember seeing the field for motor vehicles on previous tax returns. Is it necessary to declare motor vehicles. . ?
Also: cash in bank accounts and personal effects. . . ?
thanks!

Travel/vehicle allowance not stated on my IRP5 by employer

  Written by Marc   Posted 14 August 2015

My previous employer never put a travel/car allowance on my IRP5 thought I travelled more than 40000km for them in 11 months. Can this be corrected? Unfortunately the consultant who did my returns for me already submitted without informing me before submitting about this issue. What can I do?

If one changes employment do they have to do 2 sets of submissions?

  Written by Marc   Posted 14 August 2015

I have changed Employment in November 2014. I left my previous employer end of Oct 2015 amd joined the current one in Nov 2015. I was on Travel allowance on my previous job and i'm now on a car allowance benefit. How do I go about in completing my SARS eFilling? do I need to have 2 set off IRP5's?

House/car repayment - tax benefits

  Written by Evan   Posted 12 August 2015

Are there any tax benefits when you are paying off a bond, car or any property?
Does that affect the person who is paying the loan or the person receiving payment, or both? As far as disclosing this on the tax return as a deduction or otherwise.

Logbook requirements for SARS for claiming travel allowance?

  Written by Marc   Posted 11 August 2015

I hadn't submitted my tax forms from 2009 and 2010 (although SARS had owed me money in each of those instances) but I'm trying to resubmit now. I got paid for some of the travel that I conducted from my business (roughly R4/km) and I kep an online logbook on Excel. Is this sufficient for SARS or do I need to fill it out on an official SARS logbook?

Not sure to use financed value or retail value for car expenses?

  Written by Marc   Posted 7 August 2015

Good day,

The cost of my car shows retail value of R370 000 but shows after extras minus deposit financed at R311 00

Which value do I use in my tax return?

Refund and Audit What Now

  Written by Marc   Posted 7 August 2015

I submitted my tax return for 2015, I then went back and removed the actual values for repairs and maintenance for my vehicle as I do not have proof of all the records like my insurance, I only have proof of the fuel and maintenance. I then went to my 2014 return and requested a correction as I wanted the the values removed for the cost of my repair expenses. I made these changes on the 1 st of July 2015 and as per usual, I was selected for an audit. According to the call center, they have all t...

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Can I claim for cell and laptop without cell allowance or comission?

  Written by Evan   Posted 6 August 2015

I'm a sales rep. I get car allowance and am reimbursed for my mileage. Can I claim for cell and laptop if I do not get an allowance for it and I do not earn a commission? And 2nd, I have not kept any lunch slips for taken clients out for business lunches nor did I submit the slips to claim from the company. Can I use my bank statements and proof of purchase for these lunches?

Can I be taxed without a tax number?

  Written by Marc   Posted 6 August 2015

Is it possible that an employee can be taxed without having a tax number or never registered for tax no number?

Vehicle allowance

  Written by Evan   Posted 4 August 2015

If my boss pays me a certain amount as vehicle allowance and I the use my vehicle mostly for work, how do I claim on ITR?

Costs for repairing of vehicle

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 August 2015

I was involved in an accident the insurance did not pay to repair, can I claim some of the cost of repairs back?

Insolvency with SARS?

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 August 2015

SARS did not accept my tax return for refund this year. I disputed this and the dispute was disallowed for the following reason:

2015 tax return to be submitted on the after insolvency number

What does that mean? Why am I not entitled to claim back on my car allowance as I have a detailed logbook for this.
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