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Have you been working from home? You could claim back from SARS
https://www.all4women.co.za/2221203...king-from-home-you-could-claim-back-from-sars
12 April 2021
"... You can claim a tax deduction if you worked from home for more than half of your total working hours or for more than six months during the tax year that started in March 2020.
“Claim for your home office if you started working from home at the end of March, and worked there for at least 6 months till the end of February 2021, to deduct this benefit in the tax year,” says Elani van der Westhuizen, senior tax technical at TaxTim, a digital tax assistant that helps you to complete your taxes by asking you questions.
If you qualify to claim, TaxTim offers a home office expense calculator which will help you calculate your expense claim.
However, before using the calculator, it is important to ensure that you meet these minimum requirements as explained in
the TaxTim home office decision tree:
What if you earn commission?
If you earn commission that is more than 50% of your total salary, you can also claim for other commission-related business expenses, such as a phone, internet, stationery and printer repairs. (More home office expenses information.)
To determine your home office deduction, calculate the total square meterage of your home office in relation to the total square meterage of your home and convert this to a percentage. This percentage is then applied to the home office expenditure to calculate the portion that is deductible, van der Westhuizen explains. TaxTim’s home office expense calculator can do this for you.
Add these to your tax return
Van der Westhuizen warns that these claims will not be listed on their SARS auto assessment and therefore it is important to ensure that you add these to your tax return yourself.
This situation is different for sole proprietors or freelancers who work from home because they can automatically deduct all their home office expenses. They also do not have to meet the same stringent conditions to qualify for a deduction, van der Westhuizen says.
For help completing your tax returns go to www.taxtim.com
https://www.all4women.co.za/2221203...king-from-home-you-could-claim-back-from-sars
12 April 2021
"... You can claim a tax deduction if you worked from home for more than half of your total working hours or for more than six months during the tax year that started in March 2020.
“Claim for your home office if you started working from home at the end of March, and worked there for at least 6 months till the end of February 2021, to deduct this benefit in the tax year,” says Elani van der Westhuizen, senior tax technical at TaxTim, a digital tax assistant that helps you to complete your taxes by asking you questions.
If you qualify to claim, TaxTim offers a home office expense calculator which will help you calculate your expense claim.
However, before using the calculator, it is important to ensure that you meet these minimum requirements as explained in
the TaxTim home office decision tree:
- you have spent more than half of your total working hours working from your home office
- you have a letter from your employer that states that you can work from home and confirms the percentage of time you spent there
- you have an area of your home exclusively used and set up for work
- your office is specifically equipped with the relevant instruments, tools and equipment needed to do your work.
What if you earn commission?
If you earn commission that is more than 50% of your total salary, you can also claim for other commission-related business expenses, such as a phone, internet, stationery and printer repairs. (More home office expenses information.)
To determine your home office deduction, calculate the total square meterage of your home office in relation to the total square meterage of your home and convert this to a percentage. This percentage is then applied to the home office expenditure to calculate the portion that is deductible, van der Westhuizen explains. TaxTim’s home office expense calculator can do this for you.
Add these to your tax return
Van der Westhuizen warns that these claims will not be listed on their SARS auto assessment and therefore it is important to ensure that you add these to your tax return yourself.
This situation is different for sole proprietors or freelancers who work from home because they can automatically deduct all their home office expenses. They also do not have to meet the same stringent conditions to qualify for a deduction, van der Westhuizen says.
For help completing your tax returns go to www.taxtim.com
COVID-19 infections drop sharply among healthcare workers [Western Cape]
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/co...p-sharply-among-healthcare-workers-says-winde
13 April 2021
"Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says the number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 has continued to drop “sharply” in the province.
This, he said, pointed to the positive impact of vaccines.
“In December 2020, during the height of the second wave, over 1 971 healthcare workers were infected with the virus. This dropped to its lowest level since the pandemic started in March last year, with just 38 infections last month,” said Winde.
He added: “One week into the month of April, and there have been just 2 infections amongst healthcare workers so far, bringing the current number of active cases among healthcare workers to just 16.”
He said that thousands of healthcare workers had been vaccinated in the Western Cape so far.
As of 1pm on 8 April, the Western Cape had 2 195 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 281 024 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 267 363 recoveries.
A total of 52 202 out of the 53 820 vaccines received to date as part of the Sisonke trial, had been administered by 5pm on 7 April."
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/co...p-sharply-among-healthcare-workers-says-winde
13 April 2021
"Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says the number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 has continued to drop “sharply” in the province.
This, he said, pointed to the positive impact of vaccines.
“In December 2020, during the height of the second wave, over 1 971 healthcare workers were infected with the virus. This dropped to its lowest level since the pandemic started in March last year, with just 38 infections last month,” said Winde.
He added: “One week into the month of April, and there have been just 2 infections amongst healthcare workers so far, bringing the current number of active cases among healthcare workers to just 16.”
He said that thousands of healthcare workers had been vaccinated in the Western Cape so far.
As of 1pm on 8 April, the Western Cape had 2 195 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 281 024 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 267 363 recoveries.
A total of 52 202 out of the 53 820 vaccines received to date as part of the Sisonke trial, had been administered by 5pm on 7 April."
Just as we received 200k shots
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/u...son-vaccine-rollout-blood-clots-report-2021-4
US authorities want to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout due to extremely rare blood clots
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/u...son-vaccine-rollout-blood-clots-report-2021-4
US authorities want to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout due to extremely rare blood clots
SA to halt J&J vaccines over blood clot fears
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...sa-to-halt-jj-vaccines-over-blood-clot-fears/
SA will suspend the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot fears, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday.
Mkhize was speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday night after the US Food and Drug Administration advised a temporarily suspension of its rollout of the J&J vaccine after six women developed “unusual blood clots” within two weeks of receiving the shot.
“We cannot take the decision of the FDA lightly. We've voluntarily suspend the rollout until the causal relationship between the blood clot and the vaccine is sufficiently interrogated,” he said.
Mkhize hoped this would be done within “a few days”.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...sa-to-halt-jj-vaccines-over-blood-clot-fears/
SA will suspend the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot fears, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday.
Mkhize was speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday night after the US Food and Drug Administration advised a temporarily suspension of its rollout of the J&J vaccine after six women developed “unusual blood clots” within two weeks of receiving the shot.
“We cannot take the decision of the FDA lightly. We've voluntarily suspend the rollout until the causal relationship between the blood clot and the vaccine is sufficiently interrogated,” he said.
Mkhize hoped this would be done within “a few days”.
As the UK comes out of National Lockdown i am very concerned if the vaccines even work. This concern is based on being told over 40,000,000 (well over 60% of the adult population (herd immunity) have had their first vaccine in the UK and approaching 20,000,000 have had both doses. We are also told that everyone will be vaccinated by June yet the same experts are not only telling those vaccinated to still keep social distancing and wear masks but also say if this isn't done a likely 3rd wave will result in another 50,000 deaths! How if everyone is vaccinated? only one conclusion i can come up with!!!!! very worrying!
It's about being over cautious. Since you guys have been hit so hard It's understandable.
Over here the Western Cape has the lowest amount of cases since March for health workers. Majority of health workers in that province had the jab. So there is some proof that it is working.
But as long as we have anti-vaxxers refusing the jab the virus will just continue to spread and drive the forming of new strains. In which case the vaccine could be useless.
I think the WC are being too fast to celebrate here since the total number of cases has barely exceeded 1000 in the last few weeks. It’s a natural “low” in the epidemiological curve of the disease... we have to wait for the 3rd wave before we can have a clear idea about the impact the vaccine has on the healthcare workers population.
It’s because even if you are vaccinated, you are still able to be infected and/or transmit the virus. The numbers (90% and others) that are published reflect the efficacy of the relevant vaccines to prevent severe/lethal forms of the infection and not to prevent the infection/transmission thereof. So 60% of the population being immunized will considerably slow down the spread but won’t stop it immediately.
But if a third wave brings another 50,000 deaths which is what we are being told then vaccination hasn't considerably slowed down the spread in fact it's made no impact whatsoever based on those figures!
Maybe the Government is scaremongering so we are over cautious but like i said to @Adephi that is counter productive because many will think if vaccination makes no difference why get vaccinated. On top of that people who have had not just one but both doses of the vaccine have still caught the virus even some deaths have been reported! My theory is the vaccine probably was quite effective to the original mutations but people in the UK are not getting them anymore that's old news, instead we have two more aggressive mutations of our own, the South African mutation, the Brazilian mutation and another one they mentioned the other day which they are very concerned about!
You are still left with 20M people who have not received a second dose and another 20 who didn’t receive anything... everyone stopping to take precautions and going wild may very well result in a 3rd wave. This being said, you are reporting figures based on a statistical model and to date the virus managed to ridicule most of our predictions!
A cursory look at Google provides links to peer-reviewed publications (articles dated 2016-2017) quoting the 'normal' incidence of CVST as anywhere between 2 and 6 per million.
Possible related incidences involving the J & J vaccine are below 1 per million.
Clotting related to the contraceptive pill occurs at a far higher rate - but lower than thrombosis incidences related to pregnancy/post partum complications. This risk is regarded as acceptable.
Clotting issues (largely DVT but not excluding CVST) related to Covid-19 are estimated at 3-6 times those of the uninfected population.
Just throwing the numbers out there for any vaping statistician to play with.
Fauci says J&J vaccine pause will likely only last 'days to weeks,' not 'weeks to months'
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/fauci-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-pause-delay-how-long-2021-4
13 April 2021
"Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to US President Joe Biden, said on Tuesday that according to his understanding of guidance from the US health authorities, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine pause should only last "days to weeks" ...
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told reporters earlier in the day that she expects the halt to be temporary...
Johnson and Johnson also announced it would delay the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe hours after US health officials called for authorities to pause using the vaccine..."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/fauci-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-pause-delay-how-long-2021-4
13 April 2021
"Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to US President Joe Biden, said on Tuesday that according to his understanding of guidance from the US health authorities, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine pause should only last "days to weeks" ...
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told reporters earlier in the day that she expects the halt to be temporary...
Johnson and Johnson also announced it would delay the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe hours after US health officials called for authorities to pause using the vaccine..."
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"Military programs aiming to end pandemics forever"
"Bill Whitaker reports on the Pentagon projects that helped combat COVID-19 and may help end pandemics forever.
It might surprise you to learn that many of the innovations deployed to counter the coronavirus were once obscure Pentagon-funded projects to defend soldiers from contagious diseases and biological weapons. The life-saving vaccine developed in record time owes a debt to these programs. To learn more, we met the man who has been leading the rapid vaccine effort, retired Colonel Matt Hepburn. An army infectious disease physician, he spent years with the secretive defense advanced research projects agency or DARPA, working on technology he hopes will ensure COVID-19 is the last pandemic."
Story and video:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/last-pandemic-science-military-60-minutes-2021-04-11/
"Bill Whitaker reports on the Pentagon projects that helped combat COVID-19 and may help end pandemics forever.
It might surprise you to learn that many of the innovations deployed to counter the coronavirus were once obscure Pentagon-funded projects to defend soldiers from contagious diseases and biological weapons. The life-saving vaccine developed in record time owes a debt to these programs. To learn more, we met the man who has been leading the rapid vaccine effort, retired Colonel Matt Hepburn. An army infectious disease physician, he spent years with the secretive defense advanced research projects agency or DARPA, working on technology he hopes will ensure COVID-19 is the last pandemic."
Story and video:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/last-pandemic-science-military-60-minutes-2021-04-11/
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