SARS eFiling 2023/2024

Can someone please remind me....when calculating the size of the house percentage to the office room, do you calculate the outside area as well?
patio/garden or just the inside?
 
bar1 said:
Can someone please remind me....when calculating the size of the house percentage to the office room, do you calculate the outside area as well?
patio/garden or just the inside?
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It would be the "covered area". I guess if your business utilises outdoor space then it would be the full extent of the erf.
 
ld13 said:
Book a Telephonic Engagement with SARS https://tools.sars.gov.za/SARSeBooking and they will phone you and sort you out, if they have anything for you that is. They are prebooked for weeks on end though so you might only find an open spot in November!
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Not that it is working today. Cannot move to the next page this morning, after having selected the reason etc. Anyone else?
 
firephish said:
For those who were "selected for audit", how long did it take?

I filed on 2024/07/29 and got audit notification the same day, my tax status has said "you refund is on hold subject to audit" ever since ie 68 days so far.
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Mine is also still awaiting an audit. Was submitted about the same time as yours. I then got charged interest on the amount owing, even though in my eyes it was still a provisional amount. Paid it just to stop the amount growing.
 
Submitted my return mid September, got flagged for audit, submitted the docs the same day - today i follow up on the refund, nobody has even looked at it, it only got allocated to somebody to look at it because i followed up.

Looks like service levels are tanking. A few years ago, you could use the help you file feature - in a few mins a SARS person would call you, when i tried to use it in September it wasnt available.
 
firephish said:
For those who were "selected for audit", how long did it take?

I filed on 2024/07/29 and got audit notification the same day, my tax status has said "you refund is on hold subject to audit" ever since ie 68 days so far.
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Filed 2024/07/28 submitted documents same day, followed it up 2x (escalated) still not allocated to an official. I am owed money so earning pity interest at least.
 
Would you guys have any idea why in the wizard it's still wanting a Tax Certificate upon selecting full unemployment? Very frustrating

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SyntaxError said:
Would you guys have any idea why in the wizard it's still wanting a Tax Certificate upon selecting full unemployment? Very frustrating

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Probably a bug. If you can't get someone at SARS to help, maybe just change it to 1, and if they ask you to upload it, upload a file that simply states that you had an issue with the system so you had to say "1", but there is no certificate. Hopefully someone with sense will deal with it appropriately when it gets to them.
 
YM_80 said:
Probably a bug. If you can't get someone at SARS to help, maybe just change it to 1, and if they ask you to upload it, upload a file that simply states that you had an issue with the system so you had to say "1", but there is no certificate. Hopefully someone with sense will deal with it appropriately when it gets to them.
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Would not have worked in this case. R6 worth of interest from Easyequities was the culprit
 
New record I think. Submitted on 21st Oct. Got Audited. Uploaded all my doc's on 21st. Finalised today. Nice big refund on the way, was budgeting to wait the 21 working days. In this case - Well done SARS.
 
I receive a normal IRP5 from an employer as a short-term contractor, as well as other income from related work that I normally declare as business income with associated expenses.

In the past, I was always able to include the income reflected on the IRP5 as trading income. However, this option is now greyed out on e-filing.

What am I doing wrong? Something in the form creation wizard that I am missing?

The "Ask a question" function on the input page is not offering any help.
 
Blue Shirt said:
I receive a normal IRP5 from an employer as a short-term contractor, as well as other income from related work that I normally declare as business income with associated expenses.

In the past, I was always able to include the income reflected on the IRP5 as trading income. However, this option is now greyed out on e-filing.

What am I doing wrong? Something in the form creation wizard that I am missing?

The "Ask a question" function on the input page is not offering any help.
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I assume you ticked ' Mark with an "X" if you received any other income (e.g. local business, trade, and professional income, but excluding amounts received /accrued as a beneficiary of a trust(s), or deemed to have accrued in terms of s7) and/or incur any other allowable expenses (e.g. home office expenses) not addressed above. '?
 
ld13 said:
I assume you ticked ' Mark with an "X" if you received any other income (e.g. local business, trade, and professional income, but excluding amounts received /accrued as a beneficiary of a trust(s), or deemed to have accrued in terms of s7) and/or incur any other allowable expenses (e.g. home office expenses) not addressed above. '?
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Yes that box is ticked.
 
biena said:
Filed 2024/07/28 submitted documents same day, followed it up 2x (escalated) still not allocated to an official. I am owed money so earning pity interest at least.
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also on my second escalation, also still not allocated :(
 
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When was the last day to submit returns? Just got hit with a Admin penalty of R5k lol.
Can I dispute or just suck it up?
 
Pho3nix said:
When was the last day to submit returns? Just got hit with a Admin penalty of R5k lol.
Can I dispute or just suck it up?
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www.sars.gov.za

Filing Season

Diarise the Filing Season dates and keep an eye on the Tax Season webpage.
www.sars.gov.za www.sars.gov.za
The dates for the 2024 Filing Season are:

  • Auto-assessment notices: 1 July 2024 to 14 July 2024
  • Individual taxpayers (non-provisional): 15 July 2024 to 21 October 2024
  • Provisional taxpayers: 15 July 2024 to 20 January 2025
  • Trusts: 16 September 2024 to 20 January 2025
 
biena said:
www.sars.gov.za

Filing Season

Diarise the Filing Season dates and keep an eye on the Tax Season webpage.
www.sars.gov.za www.sars.gov.za
The dates for the 2024 Filing Season are:

  • Auto-assessment notices: 1 July 2024 to 14 July 2024
  • Individual taxpayers (non-provisional): 15 July 2024 to 21 October 2024
  • Provisional taxpayers: 15 July 2024 to 20 January 2025
  • Trusts: 16 September 2024 to 20 January 2025
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Eish been away :( guess I have to suck it up
 
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