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Do travel days count towards 183 days out of country?

Posted 6 March 2014

Do the days of travel to and from SA count as being out of country?

TaxTim Marc said:
6 March 2014 at 14:06

Time spent in the airports does not count, you have to physically be outside of SA to be included in the 183 days.

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