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TaxTim says: 20 November 2014 at 7:33 How much were you given and was it per day or just a general amount? Did you provide receipts of expenses to your employer? |
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Shannon says: 20 November 2014 at 7:50 Hi, I do not remember the original total but I had the equivalent of about R6000 in euros left over. it was just a general amount given to me to pay for food, taxi / train expenses, clothing, etc. Antthing I might need. I did not as far as I remember give any receipts to the company as I did not want to claim anything from them. The money they gave me was meant to cover any costs. Regards, Shannon. |
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TaxTim says: 20 November 2014 at 8:13 Which country did you travel to? |
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TaxTim says: 20 November 2014 at 8:13 And for how many days? |
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Shannon says: 20 November 2014 at 12:55 I went to Austria and Amsterdam on a business trip. Spending about a week in total. So about two full days at each of them and plane trips in between. From what I can remember anyway. Why is that important? A colleague of mine thinks this is possibly just counted as expenses. Is that right? |
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TaxTim says: 20 November 2014 at 16:39 SARS allows a daily rate per country for subsistence allowance to be tax free, anything over that needs to be taxed in your hands. We will provide the rate shortly. |
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Shannon says: 20 November 2014 at 17:21 I had a feeling it might be something like that. So if it is tax free do I not need to declare it at all? I'll have to double check the days in each country to be sure. Does it only count if it's a full day? For instance some days were travelling days spent partly on planes and then arriving at destination. |
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TaxTim says: 21 November 2014 at 10:57 As long as you are away more than 24hrs in total it counts. IF tax free then you can leave it out. |
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Shannon says: 21 November 2014 at 12:21 Great. Thanks so much for all your help. |
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TaxTim says: 21 November 2014 at 13:44 Only a pleasure! |
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