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Can I claim my expenses for traveling to work everyday? My tax code is 3616.



Rory says:
18 November 2015 at 17:33

Can I claim my expenses for traveling to work everyday? My tax code is 3616.

TaxTim TaxTim says:
18 November 2015 at 18:57

You can claim the km as you are not a salaried employee.

Rory says:
19 November 2015 at 9:05

I have calculated that I traveled 1961km and that my car is worth less than R80000. Therefore my deduction should be 25946 92.3*1964/100 27.6*1964/100 = 28297.96

Is this correct?

Would SARS want any other proof besides my log book?

TaxTim TaxTim says:
19 November 2015 at 12:39

You can make use of our Travel Allowance calculator to get the workings. However it would be:

25946/1961 =

92.3c 27.6c =

Then you take that answer and multiply it by the percentage of business travel over total travel and that would be your claim.

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