Personal Tax Services
Get your tax affairs in order and ensure 100% compliance with the assistance of
a specialised 1st Contact SA Tax consultant.
Individual Tax Registration
1st Contact can assist you by first assessing whether or
not you are liable to register for income tax, processing your registration and
ensuring you have up-to-date copies of all the paperwork. You won’t have to
go to SARS or wait in queues.
Personal Tax Return
Calculation and submission of individual tax returns are compulsory if you are a
registered taxpayer! 1st Contact can assess your individual
tax situation and ensure you are 100% compliant and on the most favourable tax structure
for your personal situation.
- Individual tax return advice
- Identifying whether you will have to submit a tax return
- Identifying whether you will have to register as provisional taxpayer
- Assessing your personal income & tax situation
- Tax calculation
- Submission of tax return
- Correspondence with SARS on your behalf
1st Contact Tax consultants are deadline-driven and reliable.
Let our professional team ensure your tax is on track.
Objections and Appeals with SARS
Should SARS issue a wrong assessment or if you are not happy with the tax treatment
of a certain income or expenditure item, a 1st Contact Tax consultant can liaise
with them on your behalf and find the appropriate solution.
1st Contact can assist you with identifying any errors
made by SARS regarding your tax return, submission of an objection or appeal on
your behalf, drafting of heads of argument and correspondence with SARS.
Tax File Maintenance
According to Sec 73A ITA, all relevant tax records and documents must be retained
for a period of 5 years. The record-keeping requirement also applies to any capital
gain or loss. Let 1st Contact assist you with the
saving and storing of all your relevant tax documents (both physically and electronically),
tax file maintenance and communication with SARS.
International Tax Advice
If you are a taxpayer who resides in South Africa and derives income from a source
outside of South Africa you need to declare this income to SARS; likewise if you
are a taxpayer residing outside of South Africa and derive income from a source
within South Africa you need to declare this income to SARS. Let our professional
Tax consultants assist you.
We specialise in South African, German and UK tax issues. While we cannot render
tax returns in Germany or the United Kingdom, we are well positioned to submit tax
returns to the South African Revenue Service.
1st Contact can also assist you with determining your tax
residence status, give you advice regarding the most tax-efficient manner of structuring
your local and foreign assets/income and help you deal with SARS and international
Tax authorities.
Donations Tax
Donations Tax is payable by any South African resident who disposes of any form
of property which is motivated by pure liberality (i.e. free of charge). Let our
reliable team of consultants assist you in ensuring the most viable way to deal
with donations.
1st Contact can assist you with the following:
- declare any donation to SARS according to SARS Donations Tax Law,
- give advice about the different requirements of Donations Tax and whether you will
become liable for donations tax,
- include donations tax as part of your estate planning