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WorksheetsSouth African Tax
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who has to pay tax?
Every person in South Africa above the age of 18.
Every person in South Africa who earns a salary above the tax
threshold has to pay tax.
Every person who earns R79 000 or less a per year.
Only people who earn a lot of money.
What is your IRP5?
Your IRP5 confirms your income for the year as well as the tax that has been deducted for that period.
Your IRP5 shows you how much tax you need to pay.
Your IRP5 confirms that you have committed tax fraud.
Who decides how much tax I pay?
Society
Your current employment
The government
What are the two ways that I can register as a taxpayer?
If you are employed, and your employer uses SARS easyFile software, your employer should be able to register you as a taxpayer.
You must visit a SARS branch office and fill out forms.
You don't have to register in order to pay tax
Why do you sometimes get money back from SARS?
Because you have paid too much tax.
SARS pays you back if you pay them.
SARS is a generous service.
Which items do not require you to pay tax for? Choose two.
fish
eggs
meat
lentils
If you have committed tax evasion, it means that you:
Have paid too much tax.
You have not paid tax or you have not paid enough tax.
You have not registered with SARS
What is SARS?
It's a shopping centre.
It's where you go if you would like to apply for an overseas visa.
It's the South African Revenue Service
Income tax is:
the money owing to you by SARS.
payable by a person on the taxable income that they earn.
the amount that you are paid by your employer.
Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax levied at:
12%
15%
20%
14%
