TaxTim SA

The core interview asks one question at a time and explains unfamiliar terms in the same sentence. A salaried user can move from personal details to a submitted return without reading the Income Tax Act, and the wording changes with the answer you give, so a rental property question only appears when rental income is declared.

TaxTim connects to your eFiling profile and imports the third party data SARS already holds, including IRP5 certificates from employers and IT3(b) records from banks. This cuts manual typing and surfaces income you might have forgotten, such as interest from a savings account or a medical scheme certificate. You still confirm every imported figure before submission.

Before the return goes out, the system runs more than 1,300 checks against your answers. The checks look for common mistakes: deductions claimed without matching income, missing dependants, inconsistent medical credits and figures that differ from SARS data. Each flag comes with an explanation, so you can fix the issue or accept the risk with full knowledge of it.

TimAI is the in app assistant that answers tax questions while you file. Ask why a field exists or what counts as a travel allowance, and it responds in plain language using the context of your return. It does not replace the human helpdesk, but it removes most of the waiting for basic questions.

If you would rather not touch the return at all, the File For You service hands it to a registered tax practitioner. The practitioner completes the return, sends it to you to check, and submits to SARS once you approve. This matters for expats, people with foreign assets and anyone who has received a SARS letter they do not understand.

TaxTim prices each return by the income types it contains instead of selling a single flat subscription. A simple salary return sits at the low end, while one with rental, capital gains and foreign employment moves up. The platform assigns the lowest package that fits, and you see the price before you pay.