So hows this for my nightmare.
Previous employer jipoed my IRP5 for tax period 2021 and therefore SARS was unable to detect any of the tax payments, even though they processed the IRP5 and gave me a refund.
Months later, they started sending me threatening emails, to which I sent on to my previous employer.
3 months later (May 2022), my previous employer finally sends me the correct IRP5 with statements showing payment to SARS, etc.
So I got a tax practitioner involved to try sort this mess out and they logged a notice of objection and a suspension of payment on 16 May. SARS continues to demand all most R30000 from me in socalled unpaid taxes, even though they keep confirming that the tax was paid by my previous employer.
I called them earlier today, dialed 2, entered the reference number and the lady said there is nothing they can do, they cant help me because it still hasnt been allocated to someone to look into and if I want an update, I must phone back and dial 2, like I just did. Little did I know that this was just someone who was taking their last call for the day and trying to clock off, because I called back immediately and was hit with "Sorry, our offices are currently closed".
I am so gatvol of trying to deal with SARS, not to mention how pissed off I am with my previous employer because now I cant get my refund. Worst of all, all the staff that worked during that period have the exact same problem. Some even had accounts frozen by SARS pending payment. Its just 1 big **** show