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Refund from SARS confirmed but not paid yet. How does SARS calculate refund on med expenses?



Tharina says:
7 March 2016 at 10:15

I submitted my tax return through SARS eFiling on 20/11/2015 and it was confirmed that I am entitled to a refund but has not been paid yet. I only claimed for expenses listed on my medical aid IRP5 not covered by my medical aid so there was no strange claims made. However, if I remember correctly, the initial tax return after I submitted was the amount for those medical expenses but when I checked the status of that tax return now, It was almost R200 less. This also happened with my 2014 tax return!
How is SARS calculating the tax return? Are they not suppose to pay me back for the charges not paid by my medical aid? Or at least a fair percentage of those charges?

TaxTim TaxTim says:
7 March 2016 at 13:48

Please make use of our Medical Tax Credits Calculator to work out your tax credit due to your medical costs.

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