Not filing a tax return is a criminal offence, not just a missed deadline
Many self-employed South Africans treat tax season as optional admin. That assumption carries more risk than most people realise.
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Why MyExpense was built around ITR12 first
Most expense apps available to South African freelancers were not built here. We built MyExpense the other way around.
Provisional taxpayer? Here are your two deadlines that matter
If you earn outside a single PAYE salary, you likely owe provisional tax. Here is what is due, and when.
Mileage at R4.95/km: how the SARS deemed rate actually works
A plain-English guide to logging business travel and turning it into a legitimate deduction at filing time.
The 7 deductions freelancers forget every single year
Home office, data, professional development and four more legitimate claims most sole proprietors leave on the table.
What counts as "income" when you freelance on the side
Side hustle income, rental, and a salaried job: how SARS treats multiple income streams, and why it matters.
What problem we kept hearing from South African freelancers
Before MyExpense existed as a product, it existed as a pattern. The four frustrations that kept surfacing, almost word for word.
POPIA and your financial data: what we will never do
Your receipts and income are sensitive. A straight account of how MyExpense stores, encrypts and protects them.
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