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Personeellede van Newtons Geoktrooieerde Rekenmeesters wat die jaarlikse somerkonferensie bygewoon het, is van links De Wet Bester, Delia Mclean, Anze Pienaar (almal SAICAlede) en Thelma Crossman (kantoorbestuurder: Newtons).
Piet Nel
Attending conference
Current and Alumni staff from Ernst & Young attending the annual SAICA summer conferen ce. Photos: ALBERT VAN BILJON
Speakers at conference
Some of the speakers at the annual summer conference were from the left Vusi Thembe kwayo (international speaker), Rene Beck (SAI CA: main organiser), Ronel de Vos (SAICA: assis tant organiser) and Kivi Bernard (international USAbased speaker).
Other speakers at the conference were from the left John Stevens (SAICA member and MC), Ernst van Dyk (speaker and well known interna tional wheelchair athlete), Douglas Kruger (inter national speaker) and Div Lamprecht (SAICA).
Slaag GReksamen
Pieter van der Zwan compliance with tax laws, this significantly reduces the penalties imposed in some cases it could result in no understatement penalty being imposed. The penalty rate applicable depends on the circumstances under which the understatement took place obstructive behaviour, repeat understatement behaviour, voluntary disclosure or standard case as well as the behaviour that results in the understatement. In terms of section 102(2) of the TAA the burden of proving the facts (i.e. the relevant behaviour) on which SARS bases an understatement penalty is upon SARS. The behaviours (from more severe to least severe) are: intentional tax evasion, gross negligence, taking a tax position without reasonable grounds, not taking reasonable care in completing a return and, lastly, a substantial understatement this is an understatement which exceeds the greater of 5% of the tax properly chargeable or R1 000 000. It is submitted that the rate table provides taxpayers, both lar-
Kandidate wat onlangs hul laaste geoktrooieerde rekenmeesterseksa men geslaag het, is op die jaarlikse SAICAdinee op die Ilangalandgoed in Mei geluk gewens. Die kandidate kan as geoktrooieerde rekenmees ters kwalifiseer sodra hul opleidingskontrakte voltooi is. Foto: ALBERT VAN BILJON
Sperdatum vir maatskappye, beslote korporasies en vrygestelde entiteite ) 12 maande n datum van die finansile jaareinde
SAICA:
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) is the foremost accountancy body in South Africa and one of the leading institutes in the world. It plays an influential role in a highly dynamic business sector.
Voorbeeld
Feite: Mnr. Z is 30 jaar oud. Vir die jaar van aanslag wat op 1 Maart 2014 begin het, het hy bydraes van R2 000 per maand aan n siekefonds vir homself, sy vrou en sy kind gemaak. Teen 28 Februarie 2015 het hy ook R20 000 se kwalifiserende mediese uitgawes aangegaan wat hy nie van die siekefonds kon ver haal nie. Mnr. Z se belasbare inkomste vir die 2015 jaar van aanslag is R200 000. Oplossing: Mediesebelastingkrediete vir siekefondsbydraes: (R242 + R242 + R162) x 12 = R7 752 Moontlike verdere mediesebelastingkrediet: Oorskotsiekefondsbydraes: R24 000 (R2 000 x 12) 4 x R7 752 = R7 008 dus nul Plus R20 000 = R20 000 Minus: R200 000 x 7,5% = R15 000 Dus R20 000 R15 000 = R5 000 Krediet teen 25% = R5 000 x 25% = R1 250 Dus totale mediese krediete vir 2015 = R7 752 + R1 250 = R9 002
word dan met 33,3% vermenigvuldig om die mediesebelastingkrediet te bepaal. Vir verdere inligting oor die mediese krediete of waar onsekerhede is, kontak n geoktrooieerde rekenmeester in jou gebied. ) Artikel deur Wessel Smit GR(SA), besturende direkteur Core Tax
Wessel Smit die marginale belastingskaal waarop hulle is. Wat siekefondsbydraes betref, sal alle kategorie natuurlike persone met ingang 1 Maart 2014 vasgestelde mediesebelastingkrediete ontvang. Die mediesebelastingkrediete vir die 2014-jaar (daar sal waarskynlike n inflasie-aanpassing vir die jaar wees wat op 1 Maart 2014 begin) is R242 per maand elk vir die lid self en die eerste afhanklike en R162 per maand vir elke verdere afhanklike. Die krediete is ongeag die bedrag van die siekefondsbydraes, maar slegs natuurlike persone wat aan n siekefonds behoort, sal sodanige krediete ontvang. Wat ander mediese koste, asook sogenaamde oorskot-siekefondsbydraes van natuurlike per-
Lizelle Bruwer nies moet die werkgewer dus in April 2013 teruggaan en die Februarie 2013-werknemersbelastingopgawe heropen en regstel. Die vorm van regstelling is uit n praktiese oogpunt dikwels baie moeilik. Artikel 7B verwyder alle onsekerhede in die geval en bepaal die wisselende besoldiging (n bonus in die voorbeeld hierbo) sal belasbaar wees wanneer dit betaal word. Sanet sal dus eers in haar 2014-jaar van aanslag op die R20 000 belas word en haar
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Mandate
Sections 14 to 21 of the TA Act set out the law in respect of the responsibilities of the Ombud. The purpose of the Ombud is to address service failures as well as failures to respect the rights of taxpayers by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Taxpayers may, therefore, approach the office of the Ombud for assistance with disagreements with SARS on the administration of law, but will not assist with disagreements related to the interpretation of law. It is important to note that the Ombud will be the last port of call within SARS in respect of administrative disputes that is, all other avenues must have been exhausted before approaching the
Ombud unless there are compelling circumstances for not doing so. That is, if a taxpayer can prove that he/she has done everything possible to resolve the issue with SARS, but is being hampered by a SARS official or process, the Ombud may step in to assist based on the specific circumstances in each instance. According to SARS, the introduction of an Ombud was to fill a gap between SARSs internal processes and the court system the idea being to keep matters outside of the court system as far as possible. The process to be followed when a dispute arises, is as follows: ; Internal service issue resolution. ; SARS Service Monitoring Office. ; Tax Ombud. ; Public Protector. ; Normal Court System. In terms of section 16 of the TA Act, the specific responsibilities of the Ombud are set out below. The Ombud must:
) Review complaints and, if necessary, resolve them through mediation or conciliation. ) Act independently in resolving complaints. ) Follow informal, fair and costeffective procedures in resolving complaints. ) Inform the taxpayer about the mandate of the Ombud and procedures to pursue complaints. ) Facilitate access by taxpayers to complaint resolution mechanisms within SARS to address complaints. ) Identify and review systemic and emerging issues related to service matters or application of the TA Act or tax acts that impact negatively on taxpayers. The Tax Ombud may not review matters outside the mandate set out above, namely: ) Legislation or tax policy. ) SARS policy or practice generally prevailing other than to the extent that it relates to a service matter or a procedural or administrative matter arising from the application of the provisions of a tax Act by SARS. ) A matter subject to objection
and appeal under a tax act, except for an administrative matter relating to such objection and appeal. ) A decision of, proceeding in or matter before the tax court.
tion with SARS. This may raise questions regarding just how independent the Ombud can be if he/she is relying on SARS staff. However, according to SARS the secondment of SARS employees to the Tax Ombuds office is simply more practical in order to ensure staff that are knowledgeable about tax and SARSs internal processes and will simplify the administration of secrecy around taxpayers affairs. The idea is to leverage off SARS processes and procedures to reduce the cost of the Ombuds office. One hopes that this does not affect the independence of the Ombud in any way.
SAICA hosted its annual tax information session on 18 September with the local SARS Kimberley officials at the Flamingo Casino in Kimberley. Some of the panel discussion guests were from the left Werner Hauptfleisch (SAICA NC president), Mariaan Berndt (SARS team leader: TPS), Xoliswa Sikuza (SARS Kimberley branch manager), Ayanda Takela (SARS support consultant) and Tsietsi Scheepers (SARS manager: Complaints and Knowledge).
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SAICA se jaarlikse NoordKaapgholfdag is op 6 September op die Magersfontein Memorialgholfbaan buite Kimberley beslis. Al drie provinsiale gholfdae is deur Absa geborg. Hier is van links, voor: Ronel de Vos (SAICA), Muneer Bata (ABSA) en Rene Beck (SAICA); agter: John Tshabalala (Absa se provinsia le hoof private bank), Div Lamprecht (SAICA), Wessel Smit (SAICAlid) en Pierre Nel (bestuurder: Absa private bank). Foto: VERSKAF
Hier is geoktrooieerde rekenmeesters van die Enslinsgroep wat die jaarlikse somerkonferensie bygewoon het. Hulle is van links: Niel Strydom, Cobus Steyn, Eben Bakker, Ancois Wainwright, Pieter Morrison, En gela Strydom, Esta Putter, Jaco Putter en Peet Venter. Foto: ALBERT VAN BILJON
SAICA staff members that attended the annual summer conference in October are from the left Langa Mconi (senior executive: Member Services), Div Lamprecht (SAICA Central Region) Thuli Bamuza (regio nal executive: Northern Region), Adri Kleinhans (project director: Training), Willi Coates (senior executi ve: Marketing and Communication), Rene Beck (SAICA Central Region), Ronel de Vos (SAICA Central Region) and Muneer Hassan (senior executive: Standards). Photo: ALBERT VAN BILJON
In Mei het die SAICA Sentrale Streek n sakeontbyt vir sy lede in Noordwes in die St. Andrewsgastehuis op Klerksdorp aangebied. Theo Venter, bekende politieke ontleder, was die gasspreker op die geleent heid. Hier is van links Corrie Meiring (SAICANoordwesraadslid), Theo Venter, Cindie van Rooyen (SAICA Noordwesraadslid) en Elsie Potgieter (SAICANoordwesraadslid). Foto: VERSKAF
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Verstaan reistoelae
Hoe om reiskoste te bereken
REISKOSTE-EISE en -aftrekkings is een van die algemeenste aspekte wat ondersoek word deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens (SAID). Het jy? ) n Reistoelae ontvang as deel van jou salaris? ) Reiskoste geis in jou inkomstebelastingopgawe as n aftrekking, maar die SAID het dit nie toegestaan nie? jou huis af werk, sal jou huis gehanteer word as jou werkplek en sal enige kilometers gereis vir sakedoeleindes van jou huis dus ook as sakekilometers gehanteer word. Verdere inligting wat die SAID vereis (per voertuig) om die reiskoste-aftrekking te bereken en toe te staan is: ) Die voertuigregistrasienommer. ) Die fabrikaat van die motor. ) Die model van die motor. ) Die jaar waarin die motor vervaardig is. ) Die kosprys of kontantwaarde (ingesluit BTW). ) Die begindatum die datum waarop jy die voertuig vir sakedoeleindes begin gebruik het. ) Die einddatum die datum waarop jy opgehou het om die voertuig vir sakedoeleindes te gebruik. ) Die begin-kilometers die odometerlesing op die begindatum. ) Die eind-kilometers die odometerlesing op die einddatum. ) Werklike koste indien jy die reiskoste eis gegrond op die werklike koste moet jy bewyse kan lewer van al die koste. Die werklike koste wat geis kan word, sluit in brandstof, olie, herstelwerk, instandhouding, versekering, lisensies, slytasie, finansieringskoste en huurpaaiemente. Hier is personeellede van PWC wat die jaarlikse somerkonferensie bygewoon het. Foto: VERSKAF
Reistoelae
Wat is n reistoelae? n Reistoelae is n bedrag wat n werkgewer aan sy werknemer betaal, hetsy as n toelae, voorskot of vergoeding, vir die koste van sakereise.
) Die gebruik van werklike syfers, dus werklike sakekilometers en werklike sakekoste (byvoorbeeld brandstof, lisensie, instandhouding, versekering ensomeer).
Ritboek Reiskosteaftrekking
Indien jy n reistoelae ontvang, kan jy die koste wat verband hou met jou sakereise as n aftrekking eis in jou jaarlikse inkomstebelastingopgawe. Dit beteken dus enige gedeelte van n reistoelae wat vir private reise aangewend is by jou belasbare inkomste ingesluit sal word. Eerstens word jou reistoelae en kilometer-eise as inkomste getoon en dan is daar twee maniere om jou sakekoste te bereken: ) Die gebruik van werklike sakekilometers en n beraamde koste per kilometer (soos op die tabel uitgereik deur SAID). Ten einde jou sakekilometers te kan bewys, moet jy n ritboek (logbook) byhou. Die ritboek moet vir vyf jaar n die datum van indiening van jou opgawe gehou word sou SAID dit versoek. Die volgende minimum inligting moet in jou ritboek aangetoon word ten opsigte van jou sakereise: ) Die datum waarop jy gereis het. ) Die plek waarheen jy gereis het. ) Die kilometers wat jy gereis het. ) Die rede vir die reis. Die afstand tussen jou huis en jou werkplek word as privaat beskou. Indien jy egter van
Rels en bepalings
Verdere rels en bepalings geld ten einde die korrekte berekening van jou reiskoste-aftrekking te doen, byvoorbeeld waar jy meer as een voertuig gebruik, die waarde van voertuig meer as R480 000 is, ensomeer. Dit is dus aan te bevele dat jy professionele advies inwin om te verhoed dat jou reiskoste-aftrekking nie toegestaan word nie. ) Artikel deur Hesna Rheeder GR(SA), PwC assosiaat-direkteur: Belasting
Your chartered accountant will give you sound advice on how to plan for estate duty and capital gains tax.
PIET NEL, SAICA
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