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Tax return filling requirements for non resident with SA bank interest income?

  Written by Marc  

Tim, I am (i) a foreign national (ii) non-resident in SA for tax purposes (physical presence test) and (iii) will likely spend more than 183 days in SA in the tax year 2015/16. My only SA source income is interest income from a bank, which is unlikely to exceed R40-50. 000. Do I need to register with SARS and file an income tax return for the tax year 2015/16 under those circumstances?

Tax due on secondary income

  Written by Marc  

I currently work a 6 hour day for a company. Tax and UIF deducted and I do receive an IRP5. I want to do extra work. That is work for a different company a few hours a day. Will work approximately 10 to 15 hours a week. They do not want to register me on their payroll. Do I invoice them for service and declare my extra income on my tax return? Will I then become a provisional tax payer?

Commission Earner - what can I claim for tax purposes?

  Written by Marc  

I am a commission earner and familiar with submitting returns for petrol expenditure, medical aid and RA contributions. The only other expense that I have not claimed for is the use of my cell phone, which is used in majority for work purposes. The question is how do I prove, if audited, the allocation of phone calls that have been used for work purposes; or do I just apportion my monthly subscription fee, say R2000. 00 x0. 50 = R1,000. I just don't want to find myself in the predicament were I ...



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Life insurance claim for tax purposes?

  Written by Marc  

Can I submit my Absa Life insurance?

Maintenance expense on rental property

  Written by Marc  

I own a property that I rent out for the last 30 years and the perimeter fence is damaged beyond repair . Can I claim the cost of the new fence as a maintenance expense. Thanks

What is tax on my specific Salary?

  Written by Marc  

How much is tax for R8000. 00

ITR12 threshold for Feb 15?

  Written by Marc  

At what earnings level is an individual required to submit an ITR12 for the February 2015 tax year?

What is the tax implication for SA residents working and living abroad?

  Written by Marc  

I am a South African resident working and living in Namibia ie I am permanently residing in Namibia. I get two Salaries one is from a Namibian company, taxed in Namibia and paid into a South African account. The other is paid from a Swiss company to my SA account. My question is do I pay tax on the Swiss income in SA and second when declaring the Namibian and Swiss amounts in my tax return how do I categorize them?

Tax on provident fund withdrawal?

  Written by Marc  

How do I calculate the tax on a cash withdrawal from a provident fund for year ending 2016.

If a tax medical certificate has written claims not recovered from the scheme, what does it mean?

  Written by Marc  

My employer is paying R 750 @ discovery medical scheme for me every month,I nearly had also 11 month without using it or going to the doctor,so my question is can I claim something @ SARS when's the tax medical certificate return from discovery or I can't claim do to I kept on paying without using it. And when does SARS open this year for submission of IRP5

Can I claim for my financing costs (interest on my car finance) and depreciation on my vehicle?

  Written by Marc  

I receive a car allowance and can claim for official kilometers traveled with my private car. Can I claim for my financing costs (interest on my car finance) and depreciation on my vehicle?

Is our tax situation too complex to use the TaxTim service?

  Written by Marc  

I am looking at using this service for my husband and I. My husband owns his own company (where he gets paid a salary and pays UIF PAYE) and is due for a medical aid benefit reduction, I also get paid by his company (also paying UIF and PAYE), but over and above this, we also earn extra rental income, one house is in my name, one in my husband and one in both our names. Would your system be able to assist us to submit our personal tax returns, or is this too complicated?

Do you need to fill in IT144 if you are making a donation of R100,000 or less to your child?

  Written by Marc  

I and my husband both want to give each of our children (who are both under 18 and not earning any salary or interest) R100,000 each. Will we need to fill in a form IT144 for the donation even though it is at the limit where no tax is payable? Must we declare it on our provisional tax forms?

Wear and Tear Tax deduction on personal/work Laptop

  Written by Marc  

I am a full time employed software engineer. I am looking at buying an Apple MacBook Pro Retina priced at R28000, from FNB for R1200 per month over 24 months. This purchase is in part for my work and in part for personal work. How do I determine if I qualify for the "Wear and Tear" tax deduction and for how much I will I qualify? Do I submit this with my annual personal tax?

From www. Taxim. Com [https://www. Taxtim. Com/za/help/definition/wear-and-tear] I calculated:
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How much once off tax of R200 000?

  Written by Marc  

I'm already paying SARS from my salary, now im in a stokvel and when its my turn to get money, I will get - R200 000 from other members, how much must I pay to sars?

Tax number from SARS?

  Written by Marc  

Hi, can I my a tax number please?

Tax exemption on South African paid salary.

  Written by Marc  

With regards to be exempt from tax working outside of South Africa (the 183 and 60 day rule). I earn a salary per month and if I work outside SA I get an extra USD per diem which is tax free (S&T). My question is; can I claim the tax paid on my salary back if I make my days out of the country? Then also does the bank that my company use to pay my salary need to be from a bank outside SA to qualify for my salary tax exemption or is it irrelevant ? In my case my salary gets paid from an SA bank ac...



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Is the tax deduction correct acording to my salary scale

  Written by Marc  

I earn 29736. 00 as a gross salary. My company deducted 5966. 21for tax including overtime which is 12 hours at 1688. 94 allowances are tea premium 51. 20, telephone 166. 50, standby 3015, housing 3785, is the tax deducted correct?

Just wanna know if I'm registered with SARS?

  Written by Marc  

I wanna know if I'm registered with SARS

Can you be able to assist me with my tax no my I d number?

  Written by Marc  

Can you be able to assist me with my tax number?

How does it work wit the SARS number?

  Written by Marc  

I would like to know how I go about this I am a foreigner wit all necessary documents am staying legally in south Africa I started to do freelancing of short stories to magazines, now they say I mus have a SARS number so they can pay me,and I wanna know if I should open another acc as e one for nedbank is where my salary gets deposited every month so if I use that same acc wont they be deducting my salary from my permanent job wen its in my account because I do freelancing part time if I qualif...



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Benefits tax - am I a normal taxpayer?

  Written by Marc  

Good day, I am on a government contract and don't pay any pension fund and medical aid. I only pay UIF and PAYE. Do I fall under the same tax bracket as a permanent employee? Will I maybe get a tax return because I don't have the abovementioned benefits

Percentages medical aid which gets me refund from SARS?

  Written by Marc  

GOOD day please explain which percentage I will get back say for instance they indicate a amount of R5000 not covered by medical aid.

Tax on Fixed Deposits

  Written by Marc  

I am currently saving for a house, so I am investing in a 3 month Fixed Deposit (I want to avoid equity risk for now). I earn approximately 6% pa. What is the limit of Interest Earn that is exempt from tax? If I change the investment term to 1 year, starting 01 June 2015, the investment matures on the 01 June 2016. Do I pay tax on these returns in the 2015 tax year?

Employee PAYE implications for car repayments on company cars?

  Written by Marc  

I pay R3700 as a car repayment for one of my employees. Is this full payment part of his salary, or should I only allocate a portion? It seems unfair that he takes the entire amount into his salary and therefore incurs a higher PAYE, when the car remains my property.
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