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taxtim.com
✓ verifiedPaid
Guided online tax-filing service for South Africans that imports SARS eFiling data and submits returns directly.
563K visits/mo
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Tabby
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI bookkeeping assistant for self-employed people and small business owners wanting expenses categorized and taxes tracked automatically.
25K visits/mo
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Kick
✓ verifiedFreemium
Automated bookkeeping software that auto-categorizes transactions, handles multi-entity finances and produces tax-ready financials.
125K visits/mo159K saves
Pricing
Individual Income Tax Return (ITR12): from R249
Provisional Tax Return (IRP6): from R550
Company Tax Return (ITR14): from R699
Free Forever: $0/mo (up to $15K annual expenses, 1 account)
Standard: $29/mo (up to $200K annual expenses, 3 connected accounts)
Professional: $39/mo (unlimited annual expenses, up to 5 users)
Free trial available
Free: $0/mo (250 transactions/year)
Basic: $40/mo (unlimited transactions)
Plus: $100/mo (multi-entity, accrual ledger)
Core features
- ✦Direct import of tax data from SARS eFiling
- ✦Step-by-step guided filing questionnaire
- ✦Automated review checks to catch errors and missed deductions
- ✦One-click submission of completed returns to SARS
- ✦Free checker for reviewing SARS auto-assessments
- ✦Separate packages for individual, provisional, and company tax returns
- ✦Vehicle logbook and expense tracking tools
- ✦Automatic bank transaction categorization with claimed 99% accuracy
- ✦Deduction finder that flags eligible tax write-offs from expenses
- ✦Real-time expense tracking and spending insights
- ✦Smart matching of bank transactions to receipts and invoices
- ✦Conversational Q&A about cash flow, taxes owed, and unpaid invoices
- ✦One-click QuickBooks migration importing up to 36 months of history
- ✦Real-time auto-categorization of transactions
- ✦Deduction detection (home office, vehicle, travel)
- ✦Multi-entity accounting and consolidation
- ✦Tax-ready P&L and balance sheet
- ✦Custom rules and revenue insights
- ✦Integrations (Stripe, Plaid, Mercury, Ramp, Gusto)
- ✦MCP/CLI access for AI agents
Use cases
- →Filing an individual income tax return without prior tax knowledge
- →Checking whether to accept or dispute a SARS auto-assessment
- →Submitting provisional tax returns as a freelancer or business owner
- →Filing company tax returns (ITR14)
- →Tracking deductible vehicle and business expenses through the year
- →Automating monthly bookkeeping for a freelancer or gig worker
- →Finding missed tax deductions before filing season
- →Separating personal and business expenses on shared accounts
- →Migrating an existing QuickBooks account to a simpler tool
- →Automating small-business bookkeeping
- →Tracking finances across multiple entities
- →Maximizing tax deductions
- →Preparing year-end financials for accountants
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