Business or pleasure? Our SARS-compliant logbook does it all from one app.

It is all good and well keeping a logbook but it needs to be accurate to ensure your travel claim is valid. Don’t worry, there’s an app out there that is about to make your trip-logging life a whole lot easier.  

The time-saving app you need for SARS tax claims

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Tax season is already in full swing again. If you need assistance accurately managing your trips for your business travel claim, we've got an app that does it all for you.

It is all good and well keeping a manual logbook but it needs to be accurate to ensure your travel claim is valid. To guarantee a smooth process, it's important to have a clear understanding of the necessary information for travel claims such as:

• Dates
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• Purpose
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• Expenses
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• Receipts and so on...

Sounds pretty detailed right?

Don’t stress, this app is about to make your trip-logging life a whole lot easier.
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‍So, how exactly does the whole logbook and claim process work:

• Step 1: Record your vehicle’s odometer reading every year on the opening day of the tax year (which is always 1 March) and again on the closing day (which is always the last day of February)
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• Step 2: Determine your total kilometres of the year by calculating the difference between the closing and opening readings (without these readings, you cannot claim a tax deduction)
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• Step 3:  Define which portion of your total kilometres travelled were actually for business use

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Can any taxpayer receive a travel allowance to claim a deduction for the use of their private vehicle for business purposes?

Simply put, yes. But it is important to note that travelling between your home and work doesn’t count, it is seen as private travel.

If you don’t keep a logbook you can’t claim a travel deduction, simple as that. 

However, you’ll be happy to know that Cartrack’s logbook app is designed to help you effortlessly deal with every single step mentioned above.

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So, what’s next?

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Now that we’re all clear on that, what do you do with all your trip information and how does our logbook make your life easier?

To claim your allowance for business travel you are required to record  trip details like:

• Your distances travelled
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• The location you visited
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• The reason for your trip

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Once this is done, you must enter all this information into your logbook and submit it to SARS. This sounds like a lot of paperwork and hassle, right? Thanks to Cartrack’s digital logbook it’s not.

• It automatically logs all of your vehicle trips
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• You can easily mark them as personal or business trips on the app
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• It automatically creates and emails your SARS-ready tax-compliant logbook
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• You can effortlessly download your SARS-ready reports and submit them via the SARS eFiling online platform or straight to your tax consultant.

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This saves you loads of notes, paper trails, lost paperwork and time trying to remember all your trip details, making it super simple to monitor and record both business and personal travel trips, all from one easy-to-use app.

Additionally, the GPS logbook allows you to access your trip data, anytime, anywhere which means you can complete your logbook whenever you have a few minutes to spare, from wherever you are. No more paperwork, no more pens, no more rejected travel tax claims.

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These are some great features you can enjoy when using Cartrack’s easy logbook:

• View all your trips made within a selected timeframe
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• Keep a record and notes of all trip history
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• Select if your trips were for business or pleasure
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• View the total distance travelled for your selected timeframe
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• Export your trip data in your preferred SARS-ready format

Ready for a hassle-free tax season?

Visit Cartrack or call us on 011 250 3000 to download the Cartrack app today.

If you are already one of our 1.7 million customers and want to unlock this feature, chat with us today on 011 250 3000 so we can make your tax season hassle-free!