We can help you claim your disability tax refunds from Sars, says Highlands North body Let us Assist

Are you living with disabilities and paying your income tax to South African Revenue Service (Sars) but not getting your due refunds back? Community organisation Let us Assist can help you out.

Gail Kamanga of Let us Assist is calling on people living with disabilities to come forward and let the organisation help them to claim their tax refunds from Sars.

She said Sars owed many disabled workers their tax refunds which should be paid out to taxpayers who have claimed disability expenses as a tax credit for themselves, their spouses or their children on their tax returns.

“These payments are not government grants, but refunds of tax already paid. These honest people are in the workplace, working hard and paying their monthly PAYE to Sars,” said Kamanga of the Highlands North-based non-profit organisation in an interview with North Eastern Tribune.

At the end of each financial year, taxpayers are required to submit their tax returns which state how much tax they have paid over to Sars for the year.

Kamanga said for distressed workers who were dealing with the high costs of caring for a disabled child or husband etc, a refund was extremely important to them so that they could survive and pay their bills. They have to wait for long periods before Sars eventually paid back their tax credits, she said.

One such case is that of Peter Tshabalala. His daughter Angel is severely disabled and must go to a special, private, caring facility, Sithandiwe in Alexandra. Tshabalala claimed the cost of taking his daughter to this facility as a tax credit on his tax return. Sars agreed that he should receive a refund for 2016 and 2017 of R10 693.

Because he could not be assisted timeously, Tshabalala then roped in Let us Assist and when Kamanga contacted Sars their response was there was no turnaround time for 2016 and 2017 returns as the claim was submitted late and hence it was considered outdated and old.

Kamanga, also a resident of Alex explained that Tshabalala was unaware that such a tax credit could be claimed hence his submission was late.

This disadvantaged father is legally due to receive his refund from Sars after the intervention of Let us Assist.

The application process is not easy, said Kamanga, as there were complicated special forms to fill in, documents to collect and arguments to be made and this where Let us Assist came in. The organisation is calling on people living with disabilities to come forward for help.

Details: Let us Assist 010 900 3060; gail@letusassist.co.za

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