he industry is not receiving any subsidy from government, hence this makes it difficult for us as the industry to operate

So they claim VAT back on a company without a vat number or do they get paid back xx amount for every xx amount they spend?

Well guys, I am gonna collect my receipts so I also can make money. Thanks.

<br /><br /><br /><br />OK this is my sort of field so i can help explain here. Petrol is ZERO RATED for VAT(i.e. the supply value x 0% for VAT) Hence you will see no VAT on a petrol slip.<br /><br />What i refered to and Pauls subsequent post was the following.<br /><br />SARS give you allowances for cost that you incur in the production of income. These are very limited in an individuals case and are subject to caps, etc in the majority of cases. If you're an office worker your travel from your home to your office is &quot;deemed&quot; private and therefore you cannot claim costs against your income.<br /><br /><br />So for example a Plumber would need to travel to the client in order to perform his task and hence earn income.<br />The costs necessarily incurred by him in earning that revenue would be tax deductable, petrol costs would be one of them.<br />The result is that he only pays tax on his profit portion.<br /><br />Here the taxi dudes would simply add your petrol slip to there's and &quot;increase&quot; their costs, which lower profits and <br />therfore they have to pay less tax...<br /><br />Meaning they dont really &quot;claim&quot; they just reduce their tax liability.<br />

Isn't it just Diesel thats zero taxable? And Petrol just being your normal VAT?

Zero rated goods include mostly food products such as brown bread, rice and maize, but also include resources like petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin. Zero rated services include international transport, payments made by and public authorities to welfare organisations and services supplied outside South Africa.