Travel Allowance

[tanaka]

hi guys ,

please help,i earn a monthly salary plus travel allowance on my personal car i use for work purposes ,this comes as a lumpsome monthly and PAYE is deducted on the whole amount i.e ,salary + travel allowance.Can i still claim travel allowance on my ITR12 and what will happen to the PAYE paid on the travel allowance portion of the salary?

[EAB]

Hi tanaka,

Yes, you would be able to claim the travel allowance on your ITR12, but you would need to keep a detailed logbook of your travels.

[AmithS]

Link to the SARS prescribed logbook

http://www.sars.gov.za/AllDocs/Documents/Logbook/2016-17%20SARS%20eLogbook.pdf

[dellatjie]

@tanaka, also check with your employer which percentage of your income the PAYE is calculated on,80% or 20%, as it would be best if this were as close as possible to your actual % travelled, so that at yearend your assessment breaks more or less even.

Lastly, note that traveling from work to home and back is not deemed to be business km.

Hope you managed!

[GerhardvS]

If you do not claim your business kilometres in yoyr tax return, you will pay in, as the travel allowance was only taxed up to 80%.

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