Rental Income Tax for Foreign Non Residents

  Written by Alicia   Posted 3 February 2017

Dear Tim, I am a foreign non resident and own a property in South Africa from which I gain rental income of about R6500 gross per month, or around R4000 after expenses. It has lately come to my attention that I may need to pay tax on this. How do I get started? I rarely visit South Africa.

Transfer a tuck shop in my name

  Written by Alicia   Posted 2 February 2017

I am buying a tuck shop but need to know how I can register it in my name, its a sole proprietor.

Can I resubmit my IRP6?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 1 February 2017

I submitted my IRP6, but I think the tax payment is too high? I feel I missed something. I did this at a SARS office. Is it possible to amend the IRP6 figure before I pay? And if so, how?

No PAYE withheld

  Written by Alicia   Posted 31 January 2017

What should I do if my client has not withheld PAYE from me - I am a personal service provider.

Can I deduct 27.5% retirement fund contribution from my gross income?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 27 January 2017

As a sole proprietor can I deduct 27. 5% retirement fund contributions from my total income before expenses? I render a professional service.

Capital gains in provisional tax returns

  Written by Alicia   Posted 27 January 2017

Must capital gains from an investment portfolio be included in the Turnover amount for provisional tax returns 1 and 2?

What sort of taxpayer am I & where do I start with submitting for tax?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 26 January 2017

I started my own photography business in July 2016 as have registered my business as a private company, and registered for Tax. I earn most of my income from clients overseas & get paid into my PayPal account, but do have South African clients who pay by EFT. I am terribly confused abut how should pay tax on my income, hope you can help?

Import VAT claim

  Written by Alicia   Posted 23 January 2017

I have just registered my pty Ltd this January 2017 and I need know what tax should I collect for SARS when invoice clients for the products I will be selling. When I registered my company at CIPC I received a doc from SARS for the company named income tax., do I use this when invoicing on the place of VAT is this the inc Me tax I should collect for SARS from clients? Thanks

Do I still need to file a provisional tax return if I am now a turnover tax payer?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 20 January 2017

Before I registered for turnover tax, I was registered for Provisional tax. Do I still need to file a provisional tax return if I am now a turnover tax payer?

2016 audit and provisional return, does this delay my refund?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 20 January 2017

SARS is busy auditing my 2016 return, if I only submit my IRP6 for 201702 at the end of February 2017 will this delay my refund for 2016 being paid out?

Can I register for more than one return type?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 17 January 2017

I am self employed and was wondering if I can use your service for my annual return and provisional tax return?

Do I become a provisional tax payer once I am permanently employed?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 17 January 2017

I recently accepted an offer to be permanently employed at the same company I was contracting at initially, do I now became a provisional tax payer as I paid employees tax before?

How do I pay tax on my foreign earned income?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 26 December 2016

If I work for a USA company and earn e.g. $65,000 per year and the company does not have a brand and or is not registered in South Africa, what is the tax process?

I imagine - (please correct me). I receive full amount monthly and need to register as a provisional tax payer and pay SARS normal PAYE twice per year? Note I will not be traveling more than 183 days per year. Is there a possible benefit of registering a business and paying myself from the business a lower amount?

Do I need to declare tax on bitcoin earnings as a non-resident?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 7 December 2016

I am a Temporary resident in South Africa using a work permit. I have a permanent Job and pay income tax from my salary. I however started trading different gift card codes in the US and UK online for bitcoins and have made a lot of profit in the last 8 months(well over R100k). These funds were in bitcoins which I later withdrew to my Absa account. Do I need to declare tax on these earnings as I am a non resident.

IS there a special code that I should capture on my IRP5?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 11 October 2016

What code should I use on my IRP5 if I am a sole proprietor providing management and labour law consulting services?

Freelancer and full time employee, how does my tax work?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 27 September 2016

I am full time employee and I have already submitted this current year's tax return.
I am a freelancer in my spare time as I started doing online work and earning dollars.
What is the tax implications and how do I go about it? Could I claim back on the use of my computer etc.?

Do my employment income and freelancing income get taxed together?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 30 August 2016

I would please like help in calculating my total tax for the year, as I am employed and also a freelancer. Do you just add both income together and then tax a personal income tax percentage for that bracket? Furthermore, I know my employer pay tax monthly but can I also pay tax monthly or should I just reserve the total tax for year-end when I file.

When do I use code 3616 and 3601?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 10 August 2016

We have a few sub-contracting individuals. Some of them provide ad hoc services to us when we call on them. They often work remotely or at a clients offices, they provide their own laptops, and they are specialists and generally get asked to fix a problem, and then they get on with it. Then there are others that are identical to the above, except they contract to us on a medium to long term, where their main income comes from us, as they work for us 5 days a week, for months or even years at a t...

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Can I deduct salaries paid to my helpers from my sole proprietor income?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 8 August 2016

I am "unemployed" but make money with blogging. I have 5 bloggers/writers who help me but are not formally employed by me. I pay them every month. If I earned R150,000 and paid them all 40% of my earnings, would I then only be taxed on the remaining 60% I keep? Am I considered a sole proprietor and am I responsible for formally hiring them? The money I make is earned via an overseas source, not South African.

Do I still need to file an ITR12?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 8 August 2016

As a provisional Taxpayer I have submitted Period 1 & 2 for IRP6 for 2016 but need to know if ITR12 should also be completed and also be submitted to SARS, please advise what this is for?

Due date for ITR12 2016?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 18 July 2016

What is the due date to submit my IRP5 to SARS for 2016, is it before 25 November 2016?

Does the ITR12 take into consideration provisional tax already paid for the same tax year.

  Written by Alicia   Posted 17 July 2016

I submitted my provisional income tax documents at the end of Feb 2016 for the tax year March2015-Feb2016 and made payment on the amount declared. I would now like to complete my ITR12 for this same year- how do I know that this form takes into account the amount that I have already paid for the earnings in this period? Is there a place where I need to fill that in? I do not want to pay tax on the same amount twice.

According to SARS criteria, I dont need to sumit ITR12. But do I still submit IRP6 twice yearly?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 12 July 2016

I'm a provisional taxpayer. According to recent communications from SARS, I no longer need to submit ITR12 any more as I match all their criteria. My question is: Do I still need to submit the IRP6 twice yearly?

Retirement annuity contributions, are they tax deductible for 2015 and 2016 years of assessment

  Written by Alicia   Posted 5 July 2016

I am self employed and run a business as a sole proprietor, can I deduct my retirement annuity contributions for tax purposes for 2015 and 2016 years of assessment

Do I submit one tax return or two?

  Written by Alicia   Posted 4 July 2016

I received a final salary payment in March 2016 (where PAYE etc was deducted) and the same month began earning income as an independent contractor from a variety of clients. When I submit my first provisional tax return in 2016, do I include the March 2016 Salary payment I received, or do I submit a separate income tax return in 2017 for that income?
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