Tax on shares for capital purposes?
Posted 18 November 2014
If one has a share account with a stockbroker and had made share sales in the year, how does one include this on their tax return? Do you log each stock capital gain separately or do you log a single number for all your different shares together?
Capital Gain Tax for Private Vehicles Used for Business?
Posted 18 November 2014
I have a private vehicle which I use for business purposes.
I receive a travel allowance and also claim deductions on my return, based on the business mileage I do on the vehicle.
If I sell this vehicle, would I calculate capital gain/loss on the sale of the asset to input in my tax return?
How is the income from my discretionary savings taxed, in retirement, e.g. I invest the discretionar
Posted 18 November 2014
I am about to retire at age 60 years, with two main streams of income, i.e. proceeds from Provident Fund and retirement annuities which I plan on putting in a Living Annuity and discretionary(after tax) saving proceeds. I understand the income from the living annuity will be taxed at PAYE rates. How is the income from my discretionary savings taxed, in retirement, e.g. I invest the discretionary savings in unit trusts and take an annual income from that which I place in my Money Market account t...
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If a educational service is rendenderd can I claim depreciation on laptop and other expenses?
Posted 18 November 2014
I rendered services to a home schooling business by draw up exam papers for them and receives the money by electronic payment. No tax is deducted by them because I am not on their payroll. Can I deduct depreciation on my computer. Can I claim any other expenses like internet service, printing. Can I claim a home office?
Uncertain as to whether I should be completing a tax return.
Posted 18 November 2014
I have been working on contract for various companies during the last tax year March 2013 to December 2013. I only starting working for the Department of Justice on 6th January 2014. I have received a IRP5 form from the Dept and nothing previously but I am registered as a taxpayer. How do I go about completing my return?
Cruise ship salary - is it taxable?
Posted 18 November 2014
I work for a cruise ship company and receive a monthly salary. I have been outside of SA for over 183 days and 60 days consecutively. I do not get an IRP5 from them. I understand that I will be exempt from taxes under s10 (1)(o). I am however uncertain where to document this in my ITR12. Do I document the entire amount under "amounts considered non taxable" under the heading exempt amount? Or do I work out the exempt amount according to the number of days I was abroad? The form also has a sectio...
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Was unemployed for the year but paid medical aid and received local interest, can't file return?
Posted 17 November 2014
I don't live in South Africa anymore but I did contribute to a medical aid last year for 5 months. Plus I have an investment that has earned interest. I never earned any other income in South Africa, only in the country that I live in now. If I want to file my tax return I would only need to fill in the medical aid contributions and my local interest. On the first page of my tax return it does not allow me to create a form where both medical aid contributions and local interest appears. If ...
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WHAT ARE DEDUCTIBLE EXPENSES FOR SELF-EMPLOYED SURGEONS
Posted 15 November 2014
I am a self-employed surgeon in the private sector. My business is my primary source
of income with most expenses [ including the astronomical amount for my insurance!] being
covered by it.
How do I fill in my tax return? What can my deductible expenses be? I travel to congresses
regularly and cover most of those expenses on my own.
When I was employed in the state sector it was much easier with my IRP5 Form.
SARS souce code 4112
Posted 14 November 2014
On my IT 3(b) I have for SARS source code 4112 (Foreign withholding tax on dividends) an amount of -R 68.93.But eFiling does not allow me to enter a negative value for SAR source code 4112When I posed this question to 2 of my investment institutions, I got 2 different answers.The 1 said:Make it a positive value and the other said:The tax in question is one that has already been deducted by the foreign constituent in the country of origin(appears as a negative value), it should therefore not be d...
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Where do I enter the capital gain for unit trusts on my tax return
Posted 13 November 2014
I have an IT3c unit trust provisional consolidated capital gains tax certificate in front of me. I need to fill in the capital gain for my unit trust under code 4250. I believe I need to select the last question on the first page saying - have you received any additional income. From there it gets rather confusing because it asks me under capital gain what assets and how many I have disposed of? Where do I just fill in the capital gain for unit trusts? If I say that I have disposed of assets and...
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Web Development source code for eFiling
Posted 12 November 2014
I've did some freelance web design and development in the last tax year and so now have to declare it on eFiling. No IRP5's or anything formal like that, so I've added it under Local Business, Trade and Professional Income. My problem is that I don't know what source code to use. eFiling gives a pop-up that allows you to select something, but nothing relates to website development (I'm not even sure what Trade Section to use). The list of source codes on SARS website also turned up nothing.
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Contract work (Freelance administration)
Posted 12 November 2014
I am a contract worker and I have worked for two different companies this tax year. The one company submits an IRP5 for me which makes my life easier, but the other company I worked for did not issue an IRP5 so I need to add that income to my Tax form, can you help me please?
CGT on primary residence that was also rented out
Posted 11 November 2014
I lived in a property for a number of years, then rented it out for a few more years after that, and I have now sold the property. It appears that CGT is only applicable to the pro-rata portion of the time that the property was rented out - thanks for the blogs and answers to previous questions on your site I was able to figure that one out. My problem is how to capture this in efiling. Do I pro-rata the base cost and proceeds and enter the reduced amounts? Or do I tick that it is a gain in lieu...
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Income tax for taxi owners - how can I submit my return?
Posted 11 November 2014
How do I fill a tax return with an income from local trade- public transportation?
What of form of tax do I pay if I am an SA resident employed and paid by a foreign employer?
Posted 11 November 2014
I am employed by an non-profit organisation based in the UK. I am a permanent resident of SA and I work from home. I receive my salary from the UK (monthly, with payslips) in GBP every month and I would like to know what I need to do to pay tax and what documents are required for SARS. Do I do a normal tax return?
Is list of local and foreign assets required by SARS, for foreign pensioners in South Africa?
Posted 11 November 2014
I am French resident, who retired in South Africa. I receive a pension from France.
My tax consultant says I must complete a document, listing all my local and foriegn assets. Is this correct? and if so, why is this now required?
Tax implications of working in Germany
Posted 11 November 2014
I work in Germany, am taxed in Germany (heavily it seems). What are my tax implications in South Africa?
Do we file a return in Germany & South Africa?
My husband has been working in Germany since the beginning of 2013, and myself since March 2014.
We are in Germany for the entire time (visiting SA for maybe 1 month to 6 weeks a year).
We also pay for medical aid, and related German funds (church tax, solidarity tax, retirement taxes, etc)
We both have an Retirement Annuity running in South Africa too. ...
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What is the tax on a lumpsum amount of R200 000?
Posted 11 November 2014
What is the tax on a lumpsum amount of R200 000 if i resigned from my job and got paid from my fund?
What will the tax impl be of transferring property
Posted 10 November 2014
I wish to have a property of my parents transferred to myself and the transaction to be concluded using an interest free loan from my parents. I then wish for them to write the loan off annually with the full amount that is allowed by tax, they are married in COP.Will this be possible?The value of the property is R1,5mil - municipal valuationWill there be any additional taxes on such a transaction?
Can you help us do our CC's tax ourselves?
Posted 7 November 2014
We own a small business doing Tours and Transfers, registered as a CC with one owner. Can you assist us to do our tax ourselves, cutting out the accountant, but still qualifying for all possible tax exemptions and refunds?
Declaration of professional income and how does this relate to local assets and liabilities?
Posted 4 November 2014
Income is earned from writing articles that are published in a magazine. No IRP5 is provided for this remuneration. Do I declare this income in the field "Income other than turnover" and give it a description of "professional income"? Then under the heading "Local assets and liabilities", do I only declare amounts relating to this professional income? For example fixed properties will be zero as the house that I own is not part of this professional income activity?
Refunds on Withholding Tax?
Posted 4 November 2014
We have a Company based in South-Africa but all the work (professional engineering services) we do is for a Company Based in Tanzania. At the end of each service provided to this company we Invoice them and when they pay us they deduct 15% Withholding tax. Each year we receive Withholding Tax Certificates from this Company which we then submit to SARS when our accountant does the Company Tax Return via e-filing. The Withholding Tax Certificates we submitted to SARS this year was for the value ...
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What is the 12 month period to be exempt form income tax?
Posted 3 November 2014
From when is the 12 month period you must be out of SA to be exempt from SA income tax?
Can South Africans work tax free in South/ Central America ? Or is this only applicable to the Gulf.
Posted 29 October 2014
Tim, I am an engineer and I want to take my family to South/ Central America and go work there for a few years for an international company. The aim is to make as much money as possible. Would I have to pay tax in any of the countries in South/ Central America ? I did something similar working in the gulf and didn't have to pay tax at all as I was out of South Africa for 15 months. That was 10yrs ago. Would the same hold for all countries in South/ Central America or does it depend on the specif...
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Additional Income - is it taxable?
Posted 28 October 2014
I currently earn R12650 R1391.50 shift allowance per month through my company. I will be getting an additional income R8085 from next month separate to my employer.
1. Do I need to declare this additional income?
2. Will this push me into the next tax bracket and what will be my tax amount?
3. How best can take advantage of any tax benefits for this additional income?
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