2017 Tax Season Opens
Trusts enhancements
SARS introduced enhancements to the Income Tax Return for a Trust (ITR12T) from Monday, 15 May 2017,
Tax Season 2017 opens 1 July 2017
Tax Season is around the corner, it shouldn’t drive you round the bend. Let’s do this,
eFiling downtime
Due to ongoing maintenance, eFiling will not be available on 19 May 2017 from 18h00 to 24h00. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Disputes enhancements
From 15 May 2017 SARS introduced changes to the current dispute management process,
FATCA and CRS filing season
The filing season for FATCA and CRS is closed now,
Special Voluntary Disclosure
Legislation was passed on 19 Jan 2017. A reminder that non-compliant taxpayers with unauthorised offshore assets can apply before 31 Aug 2017,
Employer Annual Reconciliation
The Employer Annual Reconciliation started on 18 April 2017 and employers had until 31 May 2017 to submit their Annual Reconciliation Declarations (EMP501),
Single registration
Allows taxpayers to register, maintain and view associated tax and customs registrations in a consolidated tax profile,
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Estate Reform
SARS introduced system changes in respect of deceased estates on 9 December 2016,
Trade Statistics
SARS released trade statistics for March 2017 recording a trade balance surplus of R11.44 billion based on exports of R101.23 billion and imports of R89.79 billion,
New eDNA system
SARS is rolling out a system at our branches where your fingerprints will be captured and authenticated for certain services,
Changes to personal details
If you received a message recently from SARS about changes to your personal details, you need to visit your nearest SARS branch to verify and avoid fraud,
eFiling downtime
Due to maintenance, eFiling will be unavailable on Friday, 20 Jan from 22h00 to Saturday, 21 Jan at 04h30. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Mobile Tax Units
Find out where our mobile units are this tax season and see our tax workshops to learn more about tax,