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.  

‍Before we reveal all its money and time-saving features, let’s make sure we’re all clear on how exactly the whole logbook and claim process works:

• Any taxpayer can receive a travel allowance to claim a deduction for the use of their private vehicle for business purposes 
• Nope, travelling between your home and work doesn’t count, it is seen as a private travel
• The first step is to record your vehicle’s odometer reading. This should be done 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
• The difference between the closing and opening readings will give you your total kilometres for the year. Without these readings, you cannot claim a tax deduction
• This is where you need to define which portion of your total kilometres travelled were actually for business use 

You’ll be happy to know that Cartrack’s logbook app is designed to help you effortlessly deal with every single point mentioned above. If you don’t keep a logbook you can’t claim a travel deduction, simple as that. 

‍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 all your trip details like; your distances travelled, the location you visited and the reason for your trip. Once this is done, you must enter all this information into your logbook and submit it to SARS. Thanks to Cartrack’s logbook this claim process has been made a lot easier. 

Cartrack offers all customers free access to a hassle-free, digitally compliant logbook that complies with SARS requirements, making child’s play of monitoring and recording both business and personal travel, all from one app. 

The logbook feature on the app is designed to help you automatically track your vehicle’s mileage and assist you with SARS-ready travel allowance claims, all at a few taps of a button. This saves you loads of paperwork and time trying to remember all your trip details. 

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. You can record personal or business trips on the app and effortlessly download your SARS-ready reports and submit them via the SARS eFiling online platform or straight to your tax consultant. No more paperwork, no more pens, no more rejected travel tax claims. 

‍

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

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

For more on this free, money-saving Cartrack offering, visit Cartrack or call us on 011 250 3000. 

 Download the Cartrack app today

‍

‍