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I used the wrong password three times, and now I cant do my tax return on eFiling?

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I do know my password

How do I get my personal tax reference number?

  Written by Marc  

need my tax reference number to fill business forms

How do I show provisional tax paid on my ITR12?

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Where do I reflect on my ITR12 what tax I have paid over and above what got deducted by my company?

Medical Aid Tax Credit - source code 4008

  Written by Marc  

Hi

My Taxable Income is R 322 058. Through the year my medical Aid contributions were R 13 024 and out of pocket was R 11 359.19. I just wanted to check that I shouldn't be getting a rebate on 4008.


The calculation I'm doing is: Contributions and out of pocket (R24 383) - Tax Credit R246 * 12 * 4 (R 11 616) = R 12 767. This is less than 7.5 % of my income ~R24 000 therefor that's the reason why the 4008 allowable deduction is R 0?

Please can you give a contact number of SARS Bloemfontein office?

  Written by Marc  

I want to contact the Bloemfontein branch

How do I complete and submit my tax returns to SARS?

  Written by Marc  

I was working in a certain company, (2010, 6 months contract ) and (2011, 6 months contract) and I didn't have a tax number but certain amount were deducted (Tax). I'm working for another company now. I just want to find out how do I go about doing your Tax Returns.

Why is my arrears retirement contribution on allowed to be a lower amount?

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I want to claim the last 2 year retirement contributions its meant to be R6396.60 but they only allowing me to claim R1800.

Why do I not get a tax refund for my extra medical expenses?

  Written by Marc  

I am claiming medical expenses I paid, but I am not getting any money back.

I need to obtain a SARS income tax number?

  Written by Marc  

How to get a SARS tax number

Does your medical aid payments back into your cheque account counts as income?

  Written by Marc  

Should you show your payments from your medical aid into you account as income or is it just income your earn? Any other cash backs and / or paybacks which you already paid for gets ignored?

What does the "-"before the calculated tax amount mean?

  Written by Marc  

I am trying to submit my SARS tax return and when I selected the calculate button it gave me a breakdown of income etc. My question is though, my calculated tax result says -R4568. What does this mean? Do I owe the South African Revenue Services this money or is this money due to me?

PAYE on R5 000 and under? What do I do?

  Written by Marc  

I just want to know if my employees should pay PAYE on R5 000 per month and lower? Or can I only deduct UIF?

FILING RETURN FROM OUTSIDE SA?

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I worked for some months & paid tax also. Now I am back to my country. My employer gave me an IRP5 form. Please let me know how I can file return form here. Is my foreign bank account acceptable as my SA bank account is closed now. Please let me know what else need. I'm ready to pay more.

An employer purchases a motor vehicle for 40k and sells it to his key employee for R20k?

  Written by Marc  

Can the business deduct a loss on an item bought and resold immediately? The business is an engineering company.

When will I receive my tax refund?

  Written by Marc  

I have submitted my returns and was selected for audit. SARS requested additional documents which I provided. I received an assessment and some of the deductions were not included, I then submitted notice of objection. I received a revised assessment this morning and it reflects a negative amount. The statement of account also shows that a refund is 30 days due. When can payment reflect in my account?

Is Forex income not classified as capital gains tax?

  Written by Marc  

A certain amount of capital is grown by means of buy and sell transactions leading to profits and losses.Is forex income not classified as capital gains tax?

Freelance Consultant - Income Tax Registration?

  Written by Marc  

My wife has recently obtained her South African work permit (We are Indian Nationals) and will start work with a company in Johannesburg. They have asked her to register with SARS and provide a Tax Reference Number for her to be paid. I am a bit confused about how to go about registering.

I can't download Adobe Flash to view my ITR12 on eFiling

  Written by Marc  

I can't get my income tax return to display in SARS eFiling. It says something about needing Adobe Flash player or something.

Verification of Income Tax Declaration

  Written by Marc  

Hi Tim. Your website is great & the questions & answers very helpful indeed. I recently submitted my ITR via E-Filing, my IRP5 information appeared on my ITR (I didn't change anything). After I submitted it, it reflected that I'm due a refund of R7600. I then got a letter from SARS saying certain declarations that were made appear not to be correct or in agreement with other data which SARS has & I need to submit supporting documents. For source code 4102, a PAYE credit of ...



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I am earning R6500 as a receptionist, how much Tax and UIF should I be paying?

  Written by Marc  

I don't know anything about Tax and need to know how much PAYE and UIF I should be paying on R6500

What is a additional assessment from SARS?

  Written by Marc  

I did my eFiling as usual,then I got a ITA34 which said that they owe me money, then they requested that I give them the supporting documents, which I handed in at the SARS offices. I phoned them after a couple of days because they said that I will receive a notification within 48 hours which I did not hence the reason for my call. The lady then said that it can take up to 30 days for it to be processed, but then on the very same day later in the afternoon, I got a notification on e-filing to sa...



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SARS Income Tax brackets?

  Written by Marc  

I earn a basic salary on which PAYE is not payable, but I also earn commission sporadically on which I do pay PAYE. Do I have to pay PAYE on the total income earned or is it separate as the commission is not a set monthly income?

Hi Tim I earn only commission..Just want to make sure that the place I work at used the right code?

  Written by Marc  

they used code 3606 and 3698 on my IRP5...will SARS pick up that this is commission from that code?

My IRP5 is wrong, how do I fix this?

  Written by Marc  

What do I do if I was told at the SARS office that the code on my pension fund payout is wrong. How do I go about getting it change to the right code if I'm no longer with the company?

Medical Aid contributions on my tax return?

  Written by Marc  

I am paying roughly R1 400 on a medical aid for myself and a spouse.
The payments are made through the company, but the full amount is deducted from my salary per month, and the company does not contribute any portion. Does this mean that I am paying the medical aid myself, and can claim as such, or does this mean that I cannot claim these amounts for a tax return?
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