What to do if your tax return was rejected by SARS a few months after filing?
Updated 22 May 2023
If you've received a letter from SARS saying that your tax return has been rejected and you're not sure why, there could be a few reasons why this has happened. Here are some of the most common reasons, along with the corrective steps you need to take:
Reason 1: You were auto-assessed by SARS for the 2020, 2021 or 2022 tax year, but you submitted your tax return after the 40-day period SARS gave you, and you failed to request an extension in time. Please click
here to read more about auto-assessments. ...
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I work for someone, but did not receive an IRP5 - what should I do?
Updated 6 June 2022
You may be employed by someone, but for one reason or another- you don't receive an IRP5 and no amount of begging or pleading
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Working remotely? You could be liable for double taxation
Posted 9 April 2021
In these ever-changing times, many South Africans working abroad have found themselves working back in their home country. Although this may not have been their first choice, SARS is tightening its hold on foreign income earners, and the tax authority will be diving deeper into expat taxes, but what does that mean and how will that affect your taxes this year? Here’s what you need to know.
Usually, in the case where Saffas were working and earning an income in a foreign country,...
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Foreign Employment Income Exemption - What is it really?
Posted 9 April 2020
This is the exemption is for employees that receives foreign employment income for services rendered outside of South Africa, provided that all the requirements are met.
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Expat Tax
Posted 14 February 2020
As of 1 March 2020, South Africans working abroad will have to comply with the amended laws on expat tax. Amendments to the Income Tax Act includes the exemption of taxes up to the first R1 million per annum.
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1 March 2020: Expats alert, tax changes are coming your way!
Posted 25 February 2019
In 2017, National Treasury announced that there would be changes to the Foreign Employment income Exemption. These changes were intended to target those South Africans working overseas on expat contracts, who had not formally emigrated and were intending to return ‘home’ to SA at a later stage. The proposed amendments would have seen South Africans working overseas in lo...
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Foreign Employment Tax Proposal
Posted 27 July 2017
It seems like the tax season, this year, has brought about more changes and proposals than we could’ve ever imagined. In July 2017, the National Treasury announced further proposals to the Foreign Employment Exemption changes already announced in the February budget (see
foreign employment blog). There has been a huge amount of confusion amongst taxpayers in South Africa and mainly those expats working out of South Africa....
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