TaxTim
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Plans and prices
From TaxTim's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | 215 ZAR, paid once | Simple salary earners · salary, pension, two-pot, unemployment, non-taxable and trust income · R215 per tax return submission |
| Smart | 565 ZAR, paid once | Everything in Lite · medical, travel, investments, retirement annuity, donations, home office, capital gains and assets/liabilities · R565 per tax return submission |
| Individual IRP6 | 600 ZAR, paid once | First and second provisional-tax submissions for individuals · R600 per tax return submission |
| Company IRP6 | 649 ZAR, paid once | First and second provisional-tax submissions for companies · R649 per tax return submission |
| Dormant Company ITR14 | 699 ZAR, paid once | Nil return for CIPC-registered companies dormant during the year · R699 per tax return submission |
| Ultra | 895 ZAR, paid once | Everything in Smart · commission, rental, self-employed, foreign employment, other income, foreign taxes and partnership · R895 per tax return submission |
| Micro Business ITR14 | 1,199 ZAR, paid once | Complete company return · annual turnover under R1m and assets under R5m · R1199 per tax return submission |
The facts
Each one read from TaxTim's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- After-filing help
- TaxTim says its tax experts guide users through SARS verification requests at no extra cost, while hands-on audit or calculation work costs extra.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Audience and exclusions
- TaxTim is for individuals earning income in South Africa, including small-business owners, freelancers and entrepreneurs; CFCs and local farming are excluded.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Automated checks
- TaxTim runs more than 1,300 checks for errors and missed deductions before submission.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Bank statement tool
- The bank-statement importer connects to online banking or accepts PDF statements, and the page says it is currently included with all IRP6 returns.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Human support
- Users can escalate to a tax expert, who TaxTim says will respond within 72 hours.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Privacy compliance
- Human Robot (Pty) Ltd says it processes personal information under South Africa's POPIA and does not sell users' personal information.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Professional status
- TaxTim identifies its support as SARS-registered tax practitioners under registration PR-0009352.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- TaxTim guides South African taxpayers through tax returns in plain English and submits them directly to SARS.checked 30 Sep 2026
- SARS integration
- Linking a SARS eFiling profile lets TaxTim import IRP5, medical, retirement-annuity and bank-interest data and submit returns to SARS.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- TaxTim encrypts entered data with a 256-bit connection, uses ISO 27001-compliant AWS architecture, encrypts stored data and backs it up daily.checked 30 Sep 2026
- TimAI
- TimAI is trained on South African tax law and SARS documents, uses TaxTim history for context, and is free for every TaxTim user.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Calculator app
- TaxTim offers a free calculator app on Apple and Android with salary-tax, tax-refund and retirement-lump-sum calculators.checked 30 Sep 2026
- TimAI can answer tax questions through WhatsApp without a login or app download.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2011checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free account
- A free account includes the dashboard, document storage, deadline reminders, TimAI and tax tools; payment is required before submitting a return.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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