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Tax due on secondary income



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?



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



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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Employee PAYE implications for car repayments on company cars?



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.

Do you also help with tax returns for freelancers?



Hi, do you also help with tax returns for freelancers? And if I earned in 2014/2015 approx. 124. 000 how much tax do you expect me to pay?

Is it possible to be an independent contractor to a company where I am also a director?



Is it possible to be an independent contractor for a small SA business at the same time as being listed as a director for that same company? I contract my services to a private SA company which 100% owned by a London business. The SA company has no full time staff and contracts work out to highly skilled consultants on a job by job basis in order to complete the work. The reason the company has no full time staff is that it operates in a niche market where work is not always regular. I conduct ...

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Logbook -what records do I need to keep?



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



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?



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



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?



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



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?



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?

Self employed income



I was full time employee for the first six months, and then changed to self-employed contractor issuing an invoice to a seperate but related entity. What are the deductions I can claim against income invoiced?

What deductions can I claim as an independent contractor?



I have a permanent salaried job and I do work for others as an independent contractor as well. What deductions can I claim as an independent contractor? Can I claim more deductions than I receive as revenue as an independent contractor (effectively losses).

Just an Enquiry



Hello. I received a message from the GEPF about I. R. O and the tax directive from SARS. I'd like to know how long do I have to wait until receive the gratuity since SARS has taxed me? Thank you.

Have to pay my own tax - how?



In my company I was permanent from June my position will be independent and I will have to pay my own tax. Can I do this monthly and how do I do this?

Deduction for SARS tax returns?



For my deductions what documents do I need to have all ready

medical aid contributions
RA/provident fund contributions
invoices for any Cell/laptop/equipment required for work that was not remunerated back to me

and what else ?

From freelancer to permanent - when/how do I apply for my refund?



I freelanced for a while so I paid provisional tax from last year August 14 to Jan 15 and then again Feb 15 to Aug 15 (overpaid a few invoices accidentally). I got a full time permanent job since 13th April. When can I apply to get a refund from the provisional tax and some overpaid invoices please? And how do I go about this? Thanks!!

Erroneous Payments and IRP5



I've been overpaid erroneously for a year . My employer wants the monies paid back in full. Roughly a third of the amount was taxed and appears on the IRP5. Must the IRP5 be amended by the employer, while we sort out the pay back arrangements?

Vat return Inputs and Outputs?



I am currently busy with my company's VAT return for March and April, but our invoicing is a lot more than our purchasing. It looks like we will have to pay about R180k, My question is : Can I hold back on some of our invoicing when submitting my return? Since we have 5 years to claim it?

Re submission of audited tax return?



I need to get a tax directive. I have taken all relevant docs to SARS, but now they need me to resubmit my 2015 return. I don't know how because if I say request correction it says the return has already been audited.

Non Resident Tax implications on rental income property in South Africa?



I am non resident south African citizen working off shore for the past couple of years, I own various properties in south Africa, two of which generates rental income, however I still owe bonds on it, and currently renovating one of these properties, can I claim back the taxes paid on the renovations as well as the architects fees

Can I get a tax return from invoices reflecting VAT?.



Can I get a tax return from invoices kept reflecting VAT?.

How to submit tax returns when working abroad?



I have been submitting a tax return every year for a few years now. I plan to go overseas and work/travel. How would I complete future tax returns? I want to avoid penalties for non-submission, but am unsure how to complete the return if I am not earning income in South Africa.
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