Old Tax Submission

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

SARS is withholding a lot of money this year as they say that the company I worked for 8 years ago never submitted my tax/or they don't have a record of this (which is weird as tax has always been taken off my salary). I left they company in 2009 and they are no longer operating. What do I do?

Obtaining my IRP5 from previous employer

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

I am trying to get my IRP5 from my previous employer. Whenever I call they tell me Payroll is still looking for it. This is the last form I need to submit to SARS in order for them to complete my assessment. How can I make them speed up the process in 'finding' my IRP5?

Refund outstanding for two weeks

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

Hi, how long does it take to get your refund? Mine has been outstanding for 2 weeks now.

Tax liability for monetary gifts from overseas

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

UK citizen with permanent residency in SA. I work part time for which I get paid and also volunteer for a church for which I get regular and occasional gifts from individuals and churches in the UK and paid into my UK account, and occasionally transferred to my SA bank account.

I have been paying tax on everything on the advice of SARS for a number of years. Friends have questioned this. Am I liable to pay tax on regular gifts from individuals in the UK? Am I liable to pay tax on reg...

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Tax return submission online

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

How do I submit my tax return online?

Tax directive issued but error says "Lump sum declared but directive outstanding"

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

I was retrenched in 2014 (May)... The company had a tax directive issued and I have a copy of the directive. In my SARS e-Filing profile, when I open up the tax return, the full provident fund lump sum is declared and indo completed - WITH the correct tax directive number in the "directive" section for the lump sum. However, when I save and CALCULATE, it tax returns a message saying:

"9857 - LUMP SUM DECLARED BUT DIRECTIVE OUTSTANDING"

Please help - not sure why this messa...

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Expenses on rented property

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

How do I claim expenses on rented property?

Refund after audit complete

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

After I have submitted supporting docs, I received a notice from SARS saying your audit is complete, no changes have being made, when can I expect my refund to be paid to me.

How to claim input VAT if the purchase was before registering a CC as VAT vendor?

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

I bought a truck and trailer for a business in July 2014 to start trading in transport logistics. At the time I had not registered for VAT. How can I claim the VAT input on both the truck and trailer?

Can I file a correction without the expenses filed in version 1?

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

I filed my tax return with additional medical expenses and only submitted a statement from the doctor and cannot find my receipts. Can I do a correction?

Can you please help me to get tax number

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

How can I get my tax number?

When a statement says an amount of R11000 is due to you, does it mean you or you are owed?

  Written by Evan   Posted 16 July 2015

When a statement says an amount of R11000 is due to you, does it mean you or you are owed?

Incorrect income code on IRP5. 3601 instead of 3616

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Hi TaxTim,

Appreciate the brilliant service!

I'm an Independent Contractor who initially submitted my tax return on Monday, this week. After getting my ITA34 a couple of hours later, I realised that certain expenses had not been included. A day later, I went in to a SARS branch to submit a revised tax return. Upon getting home the same day, I received an e-mail from work that stated that they had incorrectly entered my income on code 3601 instead of 3616. Will SARS allow m...

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Not sure if TaxTim has exported my tax data to SARS efiling

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I followed the TaxTim wizard and completed my 2015 tax return today. I then received an email indicating:

Your tax return has been checked by tax professionals at TaxTim and submitted successfully to SARS. SARS accepted the submission at 2015-07-15 16:00:22. When I went to the SARS eFiling website to check, it would appear that the data I submitted via TaxTim has not been exported to the SARS eFiling website. Please advise.

Personal Asset & Liability list needed?

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Why must I submit a Personal Asset & Liability List for my Tax consultant this year?

Retirement anuity and withdrawal tax implications

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I just resigned and I want to transfer R150,000 to my retirement annuity and withdraw the R130,000 as cash. What are the tax implication in doing this?

Problem with logbook

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Hi there. Please can you help? I don't normally claim travel allowance or petrol, so this was a once-off thing. This is now indicated on my IRP5, but I don't have a log book. And I have to submit it to SARS as I have been selected for an audit. Do I have to claim it or can I request a correction and remove it from my tax return? Please help. Thanks

Claim on tax for doctors payments

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Can I claim for payments made to doctors?

Taxable allowance for cell phone 3713

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I received cell phone allowance under code 3713 (taxable). Where on the tax return can I claim the expense?

Can I continue with my tax return and pay you later?

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I have a problem on my own I don't have money to pay you at this moment in my account. Is it possible for me to pay you back after I received money from SARS and submit my tax return to SARS?

Overdeducted PAYE

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I started a 5 month contract earning R8000 per month and I am not employed elsewhere. My PAYE deduction was R2000. I know this is too much. How or when will I have it tax returned?

Need to submit tax returns for previous years as British citizen

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I am a British citizen and have been in SA since April 2013. I started work at my sole employer in October 2013 but have only just got around to organising a tax number! How do I go about submitting tax returns for previous years? Am I right in thinking that as I am a foreigner I can't use SARS eFiling?

Two IRP5's

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

I resigned in August 2014 then joined a new company in September 2015. I now have two IRP5's. How do I submit them?

Penalties for not submitting tax for pension payout

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Hi Tim, I received pension payout from divorce settlement in 2014. SARS deducted their share. I didn't submit IRP5 last year. My question is, the money is now finish. Will SARS penalise me if I submit this year? I am working but my income is below the threshold.

When is a refund paid into your account after the assesment?

  Written by Evan   Posted 15 July 2015

Good day

I have submitted my tax return as well as all the supporting documents. My SARS eFiling status says "assessment received" and the SARS status says "return assessed". I have requested a statement of account and I have an amount owed to me as per the statements and the IT34 but how or when is the refund paid into my bank account?
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