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TaxTim says: 24 February 2014 at 12:50 If this expense is part of the ordinary course of their business, ie to pay for the further training etc of employees then they are allowed to claim such expenses as a tax deduction. In your case if it is just for you then the employer will be allowed to register you under the Learnership Allowance provisions which will mean they can pay for these expenses and you won't be taxed on this. They can pay you back into your account without their being any tax consequences. |
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Momo says: 26 February 2014 at 16:49 Thanks so much for your reply. My company responded today saying that I will need to claim it as a sundry expense and will be taxed on it :(. I am going to query them again but unfortunately I do not think they will budge. |
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TaxTim says: 26 February 2014 at 22:46 Sometimes they do not want to go through the process of registering you for a learnership allowance which means they will have to unfortunately tax you on this amount as a fringe benefit. |
