Missed primary residence exemption; paid CGT; can Section 93 correct after 3 years?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 30 April 2026

Pieter asked: I sold a property in 2020 which initially was my primary residence and later rented out. On my 2021 ITR12, I declared the sale but failed to indicate it qualified for primary residence relief. SARS taxed the full capital gain (~R44k paid). The objection period has lapsed. I’m now trying to correct this via Section 93 (reduced assessment) as a return completion error. What are my chances and best approach? 

 

TaxTim Alicia said: In this case, since...

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Outstanding Taxes Sequestration

  Written by Alicia   Posted 22 April 2026

Hi
I was sequestrated in 2015, of late though I was receiving SMS notifications that SARS has issued correspondence, I login and find no correspondence what so ever. I called the call centre and they informed me that its for outstanding taxes dated back to 1990, on my profile all tax types are not active on the old Tax number before sequestration, she says on their side it shows as active. Further to this on logging in there are like 5 profiles for me under my new Tax number only one is act...

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I need guidance on how to fulfill a SARS request for a detailed medical schedule

  Written by Alicia   Posted 22 April 2026

Hi TaxTim,

I%u2019ve received a follow-up request from SARS regarding my 2025 medical claim of R*****. I have already submitted all the receipts I have and I%u2019m confident the claims are allowable, but SARS is still asking for a "detailed schedule" with practice and script numbers. Since I have already uploaded my material, could you advise on the best way to format this schedule so it satisfies the auditor before the April 7th deadline?

Sec 20 A amount

  Written by Alicia   Posted 11 December 2025

I can't successfully submit my tax due to a sec20A response from SARS eFiling, do you have any idea what this means?

Organisation tax

  Written by Alicia   Posted 8 December 2025

How can I see what my next step in terms of filing a tax return for my organisation, even if no trading or profit was made?

Everything you need to know about Pay Periods on your IRP5

  Written by Evan   Updated 23 May 2025

What are Pay Periods?

Your IRP5 has two fields on it that relate to Pay Periods:

1. Periods in a year of assessment
2. No. of periods worked
3. Period employed from
4. Period employed to

A Pay Period describes an amount of time within a year that you were employed by your employer.

This can be an amount in:

• DAYS - maximum 365, or 365.0000
• WEEKS -  maximum 52, or 52.000 (can show a partial number, e.g...

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I need to add my Capitec banking details

  Written by Alicia   Posted 24 April 2025

I have changed banking details, but have no idea how to do this on SARS eFiling, can you help please?

Provisional taxpayer: what to do if I became one late in the year?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 14 April 2025

I only became a provisional tax payer in December 2024. Prior to that I was under PAYE with my previous employer. How do I submit my tax return and will I need to file two seperate tax returns? Can I submit for only 2 months?

What is included in Statement of Assets and Liabilities on ITR12?

  Written by Marc   Updated 31 October 2024

If I earn business income as a sole proprietor for services delivered as an electronic engineer, do I need to declare all my personal assets (bank balance, investments, motor vehicle, etc.) on the Statement of Assets, or only the assets that I mainly use for business (i.e. laptop computer)? I do not have a separate business bank account. Do fixed bank deposits fall under "Financial instruments" or "Cash in Bank" or does it not really matter? For investments such as unit trusts, do I need to s...

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Cannot access refund due to a special stopper

  Written by Alicia   Posted 13 June 2024

SARS owes me a refund but according to the call centre they placed a stopper on my tax account and now need to see proof of the payment I made that caused the refund. I did make this payment, but the bank account I used to pay it to SARS has since closed.
How else can I prove that I did in fact make this payment?

Update Banking Details for a refund from SARS

  Written by Alicia   Updated 5 June 2024

Good morning,

I am no longer banking with the bank I used during 2023 and am trying to update my details on SARS eFiling. So far, I have successfully added my new bank and this has been verified by SARS. However, I am unable to remove my old banking details, and select my new bank as the primary transaction account for payments from SARS. Do I need to wait to file my 2024 tax return to effect this change?

How do I obtain my ITA34 documents?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 21 May 2024

I have lived abroad for six years and have not paid my taxes in South Africa.
I have now returned and am living in South Africa. I need to obtain my ITA34 documents for the past three years for the bank.

One time pin (OTP) is sent to the wrong cell number and email

  Written by Alicia   Posted 16 May 2024

 
I am trying to authorise TaxTim to share access to my SARS profile. When I click on the Manage Tax Types request, the one time pin is sent to the incorrect cell number. What can I do?

Why are my SARS attachments blank when I open them?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 7 May 2024

I just filed my provisional tax return (IRP6) using your platform. I received an email from TaxTim with the following instructions: "To view the contents of your Provisional Tax Statement of Account, please login to TaxTim, click on My Tax Docs and view the PDF there."

However, when I follow these instructions and attempt to open the document from SARS on my My Tax Docs page, it is blank. It does not seem to be pulling through the information. I checked on my SARS eFiling profile and I am able to open and view the Provisional Tax Statement of account there. ...

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Can construction workers claim a tax refund?

  Written by Nicci   Posted 30 April 2024

I work as a bricklayer on a building site. Do I need to submit a tax return and are construction employees allowed to claim a tax refund?

Donations to minors

  Written by Nicci   Posted 23 April 2024

If I donate R50 000 to each of my minor children (directly to their bank accounts) will R100 000 be tax deductible in my income tax return?

Send me tax number

  Written by Chantill   Posted 18 January 2024

Please send me my tax number

When can I submit my tax return?

  Written by Nicci   Updated 9 May 2022

When can I submit my tax return for the 2022 tax season? Are the filing dates still the same as those of the previous year?

Tax Certificate Needed

  Written by Nicci   Updated 9 May 2022

I am newly registered business owner and I registered just before the lockdown took place and I did not receive my tax certificate. I do have my registration number. Please advise on what I should in order to get my tax certificate. This is new to me and I am confused.

Will I get a tax refund if I accept the SARS auto-assessment?

  Written by Nicci   Updated 9 May 2022

My auto-assessment shows that I am due a tax refund. Can this be correct? Do you think I will receive the refund if I accept it, or should I rather reject it and file a tax return?

Accepted auto assess forgot my travel logbook

  Written by Nicci   Updated 3 May 2022

What will happen if I already accepted my auto assessment, but I have done so without submitting my travel logbook, am I able to fix this myself, what should I do? Am I correct in saying that I would need to request some sort of correction on eFiling and how would I go about doing this? How and where on the eFiling system should I go to get the request for correction?

What must I do with the auto-assessment from SARS?

  Written by Nicci   Updated 3 May 2022

I received an SMS from SARS which says something about an auto-assessment. When I login to eFiling I see there is an option to accept or edit it. Are there any risks involved with accepting it? What should I look out for? Please help, I know nothing about this new SARS process.

I received an auto assessment sms from SARS

  Written by Nicci   Updated 28 April 2022

SARS has sent me an SMS saying they have calculated my assessment tax and I can accept or edit this. I have done an early tax return with TaxTim and I'm not sure what to do now as I cannot submit that tax return until 1 Sep 2022

Auto Assess and Travel expenses

  Written by Nicci   Updated 26 April 2022

I have received an SMS, stating that my tax has been assessed automatically and that a refund is due of R7000,00 however I do not know if my travelling has been taken into account as I have not sent anything yet. Could you help me in clarifying this matter? Should I accept it as it is, would this not have an impact on my tax return to SARS when I do finally submit it?

Changing banking details

  Written by Nicci   Updated 21 April 2022

I would like to find out the following information regarding my banking details. I have recently changed my banking details from Capitec bank to Nedbank. My salary is paid into my Nedbank and debit orders are also connected to this bank. I still use my Capitec bank account and intend to keep it active. I would like to enquire if I need to notify SARS of the change in banking detail and would I also need to go into the SARS branch to make this happen?

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