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Do I have to be registered with SARS if I don't work?

Posted 29 October 2012

I am a housewife and someone said to me that SARS must know of my existence. Is this true? Is it necessary to aggravate myself by standing in insanely long queues?

TaxTim TaxTim says:
21 October 2012 at 0:24

If you earn no income then you do not need to register as a taxpayer until you earn above R63 556 per year from salaried work or R20 000 from interest and dividends. Do you earn any income at all?

Charmaine says:
22 October 2012 at 14:28

Hi there. Thank you for the reply. I earn no money and don't even have a bank account.

TaxTim TaxTim says:
22 October 2012 at 14:37

You won't need to register as a taxpayer as you have no earnings and luckily for you SARS won't be knocking at your door any time soon:)

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