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As the tax season is approaching, many of our users are asking whether or not they will be due a tax refund.
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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 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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By now you would have seen the latest announcement by the SARS commissioner to increase the qualifying threshold for certain taxpayers
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Completion Letter
You will receive a Completion Letter if all goes well and SARS is happy with your documents. This means that SARS is not adjusting your Original Assessment and if you have a refund due, it should be paid out in 7 working days (provided you have no tax debt due or outstanding tax returns from prior years). Similarly, if you owe tax to SARS per your Original Assessment, the amount you owe will remain unchanged.
We are starting to see some common trends whereby taxpayers’ expenses are disallowed because the documents submitted are falling short of SARS’s requirements. To avoid unnecessary frustration and time wasted in raising disputes, read on to see if any of these areas apply to you.
Travel deduction
In prior years, the submission of a logbook detailing your business mileage used to be sufficient to justify your travel claim. This year, SARS is re...
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We receive many queries from confused taxpayers who are disappointed to see their tax refunds are smaller than the refund received last year.
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