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<\/a>Tax contributions 2012-13<\/p><\/div>\n
New data from StasSA finds that government received less tax from businesses in 2012\/13 than it did four years prior, in 2008\/09.<\/p>\n
During 2008\/09, businesses paid R189 billion in taxes, but this decreased to R152 billion in 2010\/11.<\/p>\n
There was a moderate recovery to R181 billion in 2012\/13 but that was still 5% less than the 2008\/09 figure, as it struggles to recover to pre-recession levels.<\/p>\n
Following last week\u2019s income tax deadline, StatsSA noted that individual tax payers contributed R277 billion to government coffers in 2012\/13 financial year, up 40% from 2008\/09.<\/p>\n
Last week (18 November), the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said that upward of 3.8 million South Africans had submitted their tax returns.<\/p>\n
“Of those, just over two million returns were completed via eFiling and over 1.8 million completed electronically at a Sars branch,” spokeswoman Marika Muller said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“If you were successful in completing your ITR12 form last week, know that your inclusion as a member of the individual tax base is an extremely important one. Of the R1 trillion of total income received by government during the 2012\/13 financial year, R872 billion was collected as tax,” StatsSA said.<\/p>\n
Most of this tax was collected from individuals who contributed just under a third of the total (32% or R277 billion).<\/p>\n
Value Added Tax (VAT) came second, at R215 billion (25%), followed by taxes paid by businesses (R181 billion or 21%).<\/p>\n
Excise tax contributed 10% (R89 billion), followed by other taxes (13% or R111 billion).<\/p>\n