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We are seeing many cases where taxpayers submit their documents to SARS, wait 21 working days (sometimes longer) only to receive a second letter on eFiling which requests the exact same documents again.
The letter we are referring to here is the generic SARS document request which looks like the below:
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) thanks you for submitting the revised income tax return for the 2018 tax period.
The revised information still does not match the information in the possession of the SARS and/or the income tax return has been identified for verification in terms of the Tax Administration Act....
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When a Tax Return is filed usually SARS issues an immediate assessment (ITA34), however sometimes they do need to do a further manual check on their side.
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1. Keep an accurate record of revenue and expenses
You can draw up these records by way of a simple spreadsheet based on your invoices and then confirm these amounts by cross-checking them against your bank statement.
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If you left out some documents in your original submission to SARS, don’t panic.
SARS has recently implemented a new process
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Like in previous years, there have always been opening tax season niggles and 2020 has been no different. Patience is a virtue, so the adage goes.
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There is a new scam going around this tax season, SARS has made us aware of it and we would like to make sure you know about it too.
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If SARS have issued you an Auto Assessment, you will need to follow these steps to reject it so that we can help you to complete and submit your return to SARS.
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Filing a tax return for the first time can be a daunting task. To get you started, we’ve gone back to basics
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Once you’ve completed filing your tax return, it’s possible to find that instead of getting money back
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On Tuesday evening, the SARS commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, held a media briefing to talk about the challenges that SARS is facing due to Covid-19.
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Imagine you’re an estate agent or luxury car salesman. Chances are that you don’t earn much (if anything) as a basic salary
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Recently we have noticed emails that appear to have been sent from SARS, and that might look like legitimate SARS correspondence, but are not.
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Tax isn’t the easiest of subjects to navigate. Besides the long list of legalese to master, there’s the fact that tax legislation
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We receive many questions to our Helpdesk from taxpayers who are faced with the following scenario:
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When did this happen?
Previously, assuming that SARS did not request any documents for verification and everything for the year was accepted
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