Written by Nicci
Posted 26 June 2025
SARS has made changes to the 2025 tax return to help taxpayers who ceased South African tax residency during the tax year. If this applies to you, your tax return will now include two parts:
Part 1: While you were still a South African tax resident
Written by Hamza
Posted 25 June 2025
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Posted 24 June 2025
Written by Hamza
Posted 24 June 2025
This calculator is for SBC businesses only....
Written by Hamza
Posted 24 June 2025
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Posted 23 June 2025
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Posted 23 June 2025
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Posted 23 June 2025
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Posted 20 June 2025
Written by Nicci
Updated 19 June 2025
Once you’ve completed filing your tax return, it’s possible to find that instead of getting money back
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Written by Hamza
Posted 18 June 2025
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Posted 17 June 2025
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Posted 16 June 2025
Written by Nicci
Updated 14 June 2025
As a Director of a Company, your salary is subject to monthly PAYE and UIF deductions. Many small business owners don’t realise that if they operate their business through a company (Pty), the company needs to be registered as an employer with SARS.
This means, the company needs to deduct employee’s tax (PAYE) from the amounts paid to Directors. It’s also required to make monthly EMP201 submissions (this is the PAYE, UIF and SDL return) to SARS. The same applies even in the case of “owner managed” businesses -where there’s only one director and no employees...
Written by Hamza
Posted 13 June 2025
Written by Hamza
Posted 13 June 2025
Written by Alicia
Posted 13 June 2025
We have tried to connect to your eFiling profile, but instead we’ve received this error:
This error could be caused by SARS having old, incorrect or incomplete contact details on file for you. To fix this, could you kindly follow these steps to update your eFiling Security Contact details:
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Written by Hamza
Posted 12 June 2025
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Posted 12 June 2025
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Posted 11 June 2025
Written by Nicci
Updated 7 June 2025
Our helpdesk receives hundreds of questions from commission earners about how their tax is calculated. Many are also confused about which expenses they can claim. Hopefully our FAQ will help other taxpayers who might be puzzling over the same issues.
1. I have a salary and earn a small commission; can I claim for my travel to and from work every day? (The commission is based on the sales that my team makes telephonically per month).
Should the commiss...
Written by Nicci
Updated 6 June 2025
Although the latest budget avoids the steep VAT hike proposed last month, it still puts significant pressure on taxpayers.
All taxpayers will feel the pinch, as tax brackets and rebates have not been adjusted for inflation - for the second year in a row.
VAT is proposed to rise by 0.5 percentage point this year, with another increase planned for 2026, bringing it to 16%...
Written by Alicia
Posted 3 June 2025
The 2025 filing season opens this year on Monday, 21 July.
This year, the tax season is even shorter than last year (and last year was shorter than the prior year!). This means that SARS are giving you less time to file your tax return.
Important Filing Deadlines
20 October 2025: Salary-only employees, who earn no other signficant income (i.e. non-provisional taxpayers) and ALL auto-assessed ...
Written by Patrick
Updated 3 June 2025
What is an auto-assessment?
This is an automatic assessment issued by SARS to certain taxpayers.
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Written by Nicci
Posted 26 May 2025
A beneficial owner is the person who ultimately owns or benefits from an asset or income, even if it is registered in someone else's name.
For example:
If a trust owns a rental property, and you receive the rental income from it, you are the beneficial owner — even though the property is not in your name.
In the case of a partnership, the beneficial owner is a partner who receives a share of the p...
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