Sindi is busy with her taxes for the $2020/2021$ tax year of assessment.

She was born in the UK and decided to come to South Africa for a continuous period of two years for work purposes. She heard great things about living in Cape Town and has been travelling to South Africa regularly over the past six years for work purposes and to visit friends and family who live in various parts of South Africa. Over the past six years, Sindi was physically in South Africa as follows:

$2015$: $95$ days

$2016$: $101$ days

$2017$: $235$ days

$2018$: $255$ days

$2019$: $175$ days

$2020$: $175$ days

$2021$: $95$ days

Sindi is $40$ years old and works for MountainBlue. She earns a salary of R$15,000$ per month.

Sindi owns a second home, which she rents out for R$10,000$ per month. During December $2020,$ the family renting out the house could not pay the rent for that month, due to cash flow problems. However, Sindi was offered free usage of the family$$s Mauritius home during the same month. Market$-$related research shows that holiday homes of the same size, location, and over the same period are rented for R$10,000$ per month. Sindi decides to take up this offer.

Local RSA interest: R$2,000$ for the full year.

In addition, she receives a monthly travel allowance of R$2,000.$ During the year of assessment, she travelled $5,000$km of which $2,000$km were for business use. The cash value of her Opel Corsa is R$80,000.$

MountainBlue pays R$1,000$ a month to a medical scheme on behalf of Sindi. In addition, Sindi is allowed to use MountainBlue$$s beach house for two days of the year, which is normally let for R$500$ per day.

$1\mathrm{.}1$ Is Sindi required to pay tax in South Africa? Justify your answer.

$1\mathrm{.}2$ What is the cash equivalent of Sindi$$s beach house stay?

$1\mathrm{.}3$ What is the taxable benefit of the medical scheme contributions made by MountainBlue?

$1\mathrm{.}4$ What is Sindi$$s gross income?

$1\mathrm{.}5$ What is Sindi$$s exempt income?

$1\mathrm{.}6$ What is Sindi$$s income?

$1\mathrm{.}7$ What is the amount that Sindi can claim as a deduction on her travel allowance?