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Am I required to pay tax?

Posted 24 May 2016

Lee says:
24 May 2016 at 12:41

Need to now if I must pay tax. I earn about R6000 but my employer deduct about R141,16 for Uif so that leaves me with R5,858

TaxTim says:
24 May 2016 at 15:20

No you will not have to pay tax on that amount as the threshold is R75 000 per annum.

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