Independant Contractor

[Graeme]

When I was working I noticed that all of our independent IT contractors worked as cc's - I gather that their main reason for doing so was in order to receive the protection of the "limited liability" feature of a cc. Back then if there was a hiccup in one of their programs and it cost us money, they could be sued for damages, and if not a cc, they were personaly liable for perhaps a huge amount of money.

That was a while back - has anything changed? Don't think so.

[duncan drennan]

They said they need proof that I will be paying my own tax.

Apply for a tax directive from SARS. If you are registered on eFiling, often times you can do it online there.

A tax clearance certificate might also go a long way to settling butterflies.

I don't think that SARS issues this type of tax directive any more. A tax clearance certificate, along with a letter from your accountant may help.

[Dave A]

I don't think that SARS issues this type of tax directive any more.

I was quietly wondering myself as I see SARS has gone down the route of a different form for each different type of tax directive. My theory was if I was wrong, someone would correct me

Thanks Duncan.