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SARS indicated that there is money that should be paid out to me but Willem has not followed up with SARS on this.
Dear sir/madam i have followed up with SARS and they sent a statement of Full settlement which I did forward to him.
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Good morning. I have been battling with my tax return. I have retrenched Sep and a friend of mine that is an accountant did my tax return. Firstly I was informed that I would get my money back and now after being audited, I owe SARS a substantial amount of money and i am getting no help from SARS. Could you please advise and what are you fees. Thank you Regards. . .
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I need to declare, file, and consolidate debt with SARS. I need advice on how to set up a payment agreement with them, and how to start being tax compliant. I wasn't aware that I have to submit even though I work outside of RSA. Please help. I received a text of R in arrears
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Good morning I have not been submitting my tax returns for the last 3 years I did not that I have to. Now SARS has been sending me emails saying I have missed payments. Can you please send me your consultation fee on Whatsapp?
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I would just like an idea of the cost involved in payroll services for a company employing: - Weekly paid staff of about 20 (Every Monday process) - Salaried staff of about 10 - 2nd Company salary staff of about 10 Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you