[Question] Stupid oversight now worried.

[Dave1]

Hi

I was going through some documents today and discovered 4 invoices to a CC company for services rendered. This is dated for 2006.
At the time I did the work and traded under a company name but it was just me doing some work after hours. The plan was that I would have registered as a sole proprietor and go on from there.
I only did the 6 jobs for the same company and then decided to not go into business. The amount was roughly R22 000.
At the end of that year I filed my returns.

Now for my problem.
I can't for the life of me remember if I declared those 4 amounts on my return form. This was before eFiling so I can't check my records.

3 questions.
1.) Can I find out if I had filed this somehow?
2.) What do I do if it turns out that I forgot?
3.) What penalties do I face if it turns out I didn't file these?

I seriously hope I can stop at question 1.) and I actually did the returns.

I know this was a stupid oversight on my part but I'm really worried.

[wynn]

Wait another two years and it won't matter anyway.

Seriously if they havn't picked it up yet it seems unlikely they will. but if it is your concience bothering you I can't offer advice on what you must do.

Strictly speaking if you ask advice from an accountant he is duty bound to report the fact.

[Dave A]

I don't disagree with Wynn. But for the record

1.) Can I find out if I had filed this somehow?

You could ask for a historical statement of your assessed taxes and payments made - then request the detail of a specific return.

2.) What do I do if it turns out that I forgot?

You could re-open the affected year of assessment. This is a PITA.

3.) What penalties do I face if it turns out I didn't file these?

Not sure, (about 10% penalty + interest until paid at a guess), but you could ask/beg for leniency on the basis it was an oversight and you volunteered the info (as opposed to being caught out in an audit).

[Dave1]

Thanks a bunch for the advise.