SARS Petrol allowance

[TheBadMadMan]

I need some help.

I get Rxxx amount on my pay slip for Petrol allowance.

I made the mistake of not keeping an accurate log book from last year March to this year Feb.
I do have the total KM traveled for that period though (business and personal mileage/mixed).
I do have every single receipt for maintenance, services, etc
I do NOT have any petrol receipts, BUT I do have it logged on my personal finance tracker app on my phone (So I can see exactly how much petrol is use every month, etc.)


Is there any way I can claim without the need of a log book?

Any help would be appreciated.

OH another thing, I have a Phone allowance of Rxxx per month and a Connectivity allowance of Rxxx per month. How would I maximize my returns with these?

Other than this my tax is fairly straight forward so I do not see the need to pay someone (yet).
And as always I love to have an understanding of things my self so as to one day not be led by the nose.

Thanks gents

 

[Drifter]

Nope, they want the log book and actual petrol receipts.

 

[TheBadMadMan]

Serious?


And what about the connectivity and phone allowance?

 

[web]

Nope, they want the log book and actual petrol receipts.

I do log book but they have never asked for petrol reciepts...and is was audited for the last 2 years, might be why though

 

[PhireSide]

Nope, they want the log book and actual petrol receipts.

This pisses me off. I keep record of my fuel-ups on Fuelly because the slips sleep inside my glove box. Due to 99% of the slip printers being thermal, they fade within a few months to the point where they are illegible.

Yes I know I should probably keep them outside my car but when filling up they immediately go inside my Fuel Card pouch as I usually fill up about 6 or 7 times a month and they accumulate pretty fast

 

[Drifter]

I do log book but they have never asked for petrol reciepts...and is was audited for the last 2 years, might be why though

I've just been through an audit. They rejected my travel expenses because I could not produce actual petrol slips, even though I handed in an accurate log book.

 

[Kloofvreter]

I'm not so sure it even makes much of a difference in terms of getting money back.

 

[sly]

I've just been through an audit. They rejected my travel expenses because I could not produce actual petrol slips, even though I handed in an accurate log book.

I used my Discovery Insure fuel rewards log and vitality drive data, it was sufficient enough that i was at the garage and filled up. I didn't keep all the receipts

 

[Ho3n3r]

I'm not so sure it even makes much of a difference in terms of getting money back.

Calculate it with R0 for this instead of the actual amount and see what the difference is.

 

[Park@82]

Never heard that SARS needs petrol slips. Since when?

 

[Drifter]

Never heard that SARS needs petrol slips. Since when?

Well, since this audit it seems. I have never had to send any in. Seems like they are getting a lot stricter.