Can I claim my housing alowance if I pay rent?

  Written by Marc   Posted 24 June 2015

If I receive a housing allowance of R5000, and I pay tax on the R5000, can I claim it back if I pay rent of R9500

Tax on income from 2 sources?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

We have an agent selling our products on a commission only basis. We have not formally appointed this person and he receives no fixed salary from us, but he does however receive commission a fixed salary from another company. His income from us makes out about 5% of his total income. Do we have to tax him(We have no directive) or can we pay him out in full, so that he can just submit this info on his IRP5 because the amount he receives is less than 5% of his total income?

Can I claim tax on Co vehicle and fuel where I do not have a travel allowance?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Hi TaxTim, I work as a vehicle sales executive, which means I have a company vehicle which I use for both business and personal use. I did keep a log book. On my payslip it is reflected under "taxable perks". "I also paid Vat on Co car" which is showed on my payslip under deductions. I also had a fuel allowance but that is not reflected on my payslip because the company I worked for owns a fuel station and we had "fuel tags". The vehicle was not maintained by me, but I just want to find out if I...

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Fyling tax for working on comission only

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I am a locum at a private occupational therapy practice!! I am 28 years old and only working for commission!!!! My employee did not register me for tax so I will not receice an IRP5 form but will have to work out my tax on my own!! I have kept all the devices from income for. Each patient that I saw as. Well as. The proof of. Payment into my bank account that was made as the clients made the payments!! It. Is difficult to. Determine a set. Montly income as sometimes the clients will pay a month ...

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Depreciation on Vehicle?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I am using my private vehicle for company business. The company is paying me a travel allowance and the fuel for the business part. About 55% of travel is business related. Can I claim depreciation of my vehicle from SARS? What is claimable from SARS for the use of my private vehicle?

Disability Income taxable?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Disability income was received from medical boarding from work for a few months in the tax year ending 2015. This income was taxed and the amount on the IRP5 shows only one income source code. 1. Is the disability income tax exempt or is it only from 2 March 2015 and 2. Is there a separate tax code for disability income earned.

How does SARS tax earnings from abroad, earned here in South Africa online?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Hi Tim

Hope you're well and that you can assist me. I get taxed on my monthly salary of R31300, however, I'm also an online part time language consultant getting paid in USD from abroad into my paypal account. The employer from abroad currently taxes me 6% of my earnings as I make under 920USD. Paypal then charges me a further 3. 5% for the transfer. My account is linked with FNB, who take a further 1. 5% commission when converting to Rands and transferring the funds to my acc...

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Do I need to pay tax if I earn less than 250000 per annum, and work on commission only

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I am an intern estate agent, only earn commission, no salary , and I get less than R250 000 per annum. Must I pay tax?

What costs can be subtracted from the income of our small business?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I am a member of a CC and a partner in a partnership. We are the two same people in both the partnership and the CC. From our activities in the CC, we came upon another way to make money and after a period of testing, we decided to split the other way off our CC activities, so the Partnership became a new business. In order to make this new income stream work, we need to travel and test tourism opportunities in SA as well as some of our neighboring countries to be able to build an internet commu...

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What constitutes "place of work?"

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Travel Allowance: SARS says that travel between home and place of work is considered private and may not be claimed. What constitutes my "place of work"? I am a pastor. I do not have my own office at the church building where I am employed, but I often travel to the church during the week to see people or attend meetings. Am I allowed to claim those trips to the church building as work km's?

Does pocket money count towards the R100,000 donations threshold?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I am giving my son R100,000 and putting it into a fixed deposit account to save. I know this is the maximum donation I can give to him without me paying tax. If I also give him an allowance of R1500 per month for pocket money into his current account and this is obviously spent every month on necessities does this count towards the R100,000 allowance?

Can I submit invoices for building material?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Can I submit invoices of building material I bought for renovation to my house?

Provident fund tax - beneficiary

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I have received some money from my partners provident fund, he is deceased. I have only received tax directive from his provident fund insurance, which is on his name. What else should I submit at sars for this, or the tax directive on his name, is it okay?

Tax due on secondary income

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

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?

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

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

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?

Wear and Tear Tax deduction on personal/work Laptop

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

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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Is the tax deduction correct acording to my salary scale

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

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?

Employee PAYE implications for car repayments on company cars?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

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.

Logbook -what records do I need to keep?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

For the logbook do I have to record all my starts and stops during the day at the different clients or the total of my travels during the day?

RA transferr versus taxable income

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Hi Tim,

Last year up to July I was paying into an RA with Provider A. I then transferred this to another RA provider B. An amount of R109k was transferred to the new RA after a few deductions. I received a tax doc from Provider A for my contributions up to July. I also received a tax doc for my contributions from new Provider B. However I have just received a tax doc from Provider A stipulating the amount paid out (R109k) and logged against code 3698. This looks like I earned this am...

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Expenses claimed against commission income?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Someone who mainly earns commission income, can she claim for corporate clothing and training. Also if she has not maintained a logbook accurately, can she claim motor vehicle expenses including fuel?

Company car and car allowance in same tax year

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I had a company car for the 1st 4 months of this tax year, and moved over to a car allowance for the remainder. How would I need to complete my efiling tax return?
Secondly, how will this affect my return?

Claiming against fuel card even with Car Allowance?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

I receive a car allowance and use my own private vehicle. The compan however pays for my fuel n full via a fleet petrol card. This amount reflects on my payslip for tax deduction. Can I claim against this? If so how do I complete the return?

PAYE - traveling

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Good day can I deduct traveling to and from work every day (130km x 5 times per week). So that my PAYE is less every week?

Can you claim for use of your private vehicle for work without a travel allowance or car allowance?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 June 2015

Can you claim for vehicle usage if you used your private car for work and got a detailed logbook for it but did not receive any travel allowance or car allowance?
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