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Why do I owe SARS money?

Posted 11 July 2013

Good day, I have a very straight forward tax return: I have an income, I receive a monthly reimbursement towards medical expenses (my husbands company pays for my medical aid) This is added to my monthly income and taxed. I pay PAYE and UIF and my RA is deducted from my salary. I have never owed SARS money until this year. I cannot understand why I would owe SARS money now? It's a very small amount that SARS say I owe them, however I am sure there is a problem and would like to get to the bottom of it as I am very surprised I owe SARS money when I have paid my PAYE every month and my employer says it has been paid to SARS correctly. Usually I get a very small return every year and it seems this year it's the other way around. very confused.

TaxTim TaxTim says:
15 July 2013 at 20:32

What is the amount you owe SARS?

KK says:
16 July 2013 at 6:50

ZAR 137.00

TaxTim TaxTim says:
16 July 2013 at 11:49

This would be due to rounding errors on the PAYE calculation and often happens both on the refund and the owing to SARS side.

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