Residents based tax - how does it work in SA?

  Written by Marc   Posted 22 March 2014

Hi Tim. I am currently a South Africa provisional taxpayer but will be leaving SA to work for a US based company for the next 5 years . I will be leaving on the 30 June 2014 but will receive a pension payment commencing 1 July 2014 from my current employer for the next 5 years payable in South Africa . I will also receive a bonus in December 2014.

I will be out of the country for more than the 183 days as well as the 60 day consecutive period . My question is as follows :

1. Is the monthly pension taxable...

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Does devaluation of the rand cause a tax liability?

  Written by Marc   Posted 19 March 2014

If my overseas holdings increase in value solely due to devaluation of the rand, is such an increase taxable?

Deemed disposal of assets after being away from SA for work?

  Written by Marc   Posted 14 March 2014

I have been given the advice that I would automatically be considered a non-resident if I spend more than 183 days and more than 60 consecutive days outside of South Africa by SARS and would therefore have my tax status changed to non-resident. SARS would then deem my assets as sold (even though I have not actually disposed of them) and I would be liable to pay CGT.

Is this the case?

Scared housewife - I may owe tax???

  Written by Marc   Posted 4 March 2014

I have been a housewife for a very long time. I am now 63 years old. We are married outside community of property. I had a business for a short period, many years back, which failed (I have no business sense it seems) and since then my husband was giving me money every month. It was quite a lot of money at the time, but I didn't really think that it would count as a salary. I bought a house and sold it 10 years later using the money my husband gave me. I got about 500k out from that. I have the ...

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Foreign Dividend Exemption - how does it work?

  Written by Marc   Posted 3 March 2014

What is the foreign dividend exemption for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Tax years?

Started at new company this year (Online company based in Norway) what tax do I pay?

  Written by Marc   Posted 27 February 2014

Up until December 2013 I worked at Incredible Connection. I earned a basic and commission. They always used the PAY-E (Pay as you earn) to pay my tax.

At my new Company, an online company based in Norway, I get paid a salary and commission together in 1 payment. I submit my commission table at the end of the month and I am paid around the 5th-7th of the following month.
My question is:
1) do I need to use an IRP6 now (Provisional) if my only income is via my salary and commission (although it is from a foreign country)? (I earn less than the 250000 per month) average which I think means I don't need an IRP6...

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Can CGT be deferred in this instance?

  Written by Marc   Posted 27 February 2014

As a pensioner I have sold 2 flats that were getting too difficult to manage long distance. I have re-invested the proceeds in ETFs. Both these instruments were/are meant to be sources of retirement income. Do I have to pay CGT or can it be deferred until I draw from my ETFs?

Type of tax to be paid and how?

  Written by Marc   Posted 26 February 2014

If I invest a lump sum in a diversified portfolio of shares, bonds and property and plan to earn an income from the capital, say R100 000 a month which type of tax would I pay and how?

SARS wants me to submit supporting documents, but the document list is empty

  Written by Marc   Posted 20 February 2014

I think SARS owes me a refund because my ITA34 reflected a negative number and said "refund due to you". Anyway they are now giving me grief, disputing my refund and demanding I respond in 21 days by sending me a "Final Request to Revise Income Tax Return or Submit Relevant Material". However in this document they say: "In the event that you couldn't find an error, you also had the option of submitting to SARS copies of the following material in support of the declarations made in your income tax return:" This is followed by an empty document list. ...

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Would the tax free portion of a RA be re taxed in the current tax year?

  Written by Marc   Posted 12 February 2014

I am 55 years and still working, but cashed in 1/3 of my preservation fund and received the sum of app 478 k, 315 K of which was the tax free portion, so I paid 18 % tax on the balance of app 166K. How would this be calculated once this has been taken into the 2013/2014 tax year? Would the tax free portion be exempt from tax or will this amount be re-taxed?

Are university fees exempt from tax?

  Written by Marc   Posted 10 February 2014

Can I deduct my child's university fees from tax payable?

Retirement Annuity Topup

  Written by Marc   Posted 10 February 2014

I am a Pensioner in my seventies. Have a Retirement/Living Annuity ~ R 750 000 and want to top it up with R 500 000(for various reasons).

What is the Tax implication? From the R 500 000 contribution, what can I deduct in the current and future tax years?

Is CGT payable as the plot was bought with the intention to build a house?

  Written by Marc   Posted 10 February 2014

I bought a plot 20 years ago with the intention to build a house. Due to financial constraints I did not build nor purchase any other property. I have now sold the plot and purchased a house in much cheaper area

Am I liable for CGT on the sale of the plot?

Proportionate share of cgt

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 February 2014

How do I calculate Capital Gains Tax where 3 people own the property (35.5%, 35.5% and 29%) but only the latter 2 of them have primary residence?

Avoid annoyance of IRP6 submission?

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 February 2014

I am a pensioner and get a pension that is taxed plus RA payments and receive interest on investments that are below taxable.

How do I avoid filling in a IRP6?

Tax implications of investments?

  Written by Marc   Posted 9 February 2014

Is it a waste of time and resources to invest R200pm in Unit Trusts through an FNB account for someone earning R12k monthly?

Do I pay tax on my SA salary if I am out of the country for most of the year?

  Written by Marc   Posted 5 February 2014

I am going to work for a Tanzanian company for the next 12 months, but will still earn my SA salary. Is it business as usual in terms of PAYE on my SA salary, or is there some sort of relief?

Tax for one who has been some unemployed, some working overseas?

  Written by Marc   Posted 5 February 2014

Ok, so I was retrenched on March 27th 2013. I got a 2 month severance package. From 15th of April up to 30th August I was lucky to get consistent temp jobs. Then from September 1st to October 6th I was unemployed. I left RSA on Oct 7 to come work in Saudi Arabia. Therefore I was unemployed for 50 days and out of SA for 166 days consecutively. I will only be able to come home for 3 weeks between mid September and mid October. I do send about R35,000.00 per month home to pay bills and the bon...

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Are churches fully exempt from tax?

  Written by Marc   Posted 3 February 2014

Are religious organisations such a church exempt from tax on all their receipts and accruals?

Family Loan - is it taxable?

  Written by Marc   Posted 31 January 2014

I loaned my sister R50,000 and she is currently paying me back R2,000 per month at 5% interest per year.Do I need to declare any of this on my tax return?

Pension fund deduction claims?

  Written by Marc   Posted 27 January 2014

I am salaried individual PF deducted @12% , apart from that I am contributing to VPF also(Which is under 80C).

When ask for tax exemption for the VPF amount what I had paid, they say you are not eligible to claim, since already 12% deducted from your basic.

Please any document proof if available

Is rental income from my primary residence taxable?

  Written by Marc   Posted 24 January 2014

Occasionally I rent out the spare bedroom in my primary residence. I'm not running a guesthouse - it's just a way of making a tiny bit of extra income and meeting some interesting people. I don't often have people staying - maybe for a total of 30 days out of the year. Do I need to declare this as "rental income"? If so,
1. What expenses can I claim against this income?
2. Where do I put it on my return? I'm already using the section "Local business, trade and professional income" for ...

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Is my overseas earning exempt from tax?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 January 2014

I was working in USA from October 2012 to May 2013 (without coming back home)
I paid Fed and State tax in USA over the period.
So for the 2013/2014 individual tax year.
I was out the country for more than 60 days in one go but not more than 183 in this particular tax year.
Questions are:
1. Are my earnings overseas exempt? or if not
2. Will I include the earnings and get a taxable deduction for foreign taxes paid?

How will proceeds of shares sold to protect capital from an unstable market be taxed?

  Written by Marc   Posted 23 January 2014

Over a period of several years I was given about 25000 of my company's shares as performance awards and options. Usually I had to wait 3 years before I could take delivery of them but when I retired in 2012 the last of them became available to me immediately and I took delivery by the end of May 2012, planning to keep them indefinitely for their dividend income. In December 2012 I was worried about the US fiscal cliff situation and decided to sell them and have since kept the proceeds in a Money...

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Understanding additional income and costs on the TaxTim process?

  Written by Marc   Posted 22 January 2014

Were you involved in any activities that resulted in local royalty profit or loss?

the meaning of this question is unclear

does it relate to the additional income defined in the previous question? is it separate items royalty, profit, loss? if I make some ad hoc additional income writing does it come in here?
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