SARS Travel e-Log Book for 2025/2026 is Out

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The SARS Travel e-Log Book for the 2025/2026 tax year is now available for download.

🚗 What is the SARS Travel e-Logbook Guide?

The SARS Travel e-Logbook Guide for 2025/2026 is a practical tool designed to help taxpayers who receive a travel allowance claim deductions for business-related travel in their private vehicles. The guide explains that it is compulsory to keep a detailed logbook if you want to claim travel deductions. It must include the date of travel, kilometres travelled, and the purpose of each business trip.

📚The logbook should also record the vehicle’s odometer reading at the beginning and end of the tax year to calculate total kilometres travelled. Taxpayers can choose between two methods to calculate their deduction: one based on SARS’s fixed cost table (depending on the vehicle's value), and the other using actual costs like fuel, maintenance, and insurance (if those expenses were personally incurred).

The guide includes a detailed cost table and makes it clear that travel between home and the office is not deductible. SARS also allows for deductions related to company cars, provided a valid logbook is kept. Importantly, the logbook must be retained for at least five years as it may be requested during an audit. SARS accepts both physical and electronic versions.

Using the official e-log book ensures compliance and makes it easier to claim deductions accurately during tax season.

🔍 You can find it on the SARS website under the Travel e-log book webpage.