Deaf Awareness month

During September, SARS will be offering the services of Sign Language interpreters at 12 branches and host tax education workshops for persons with hearing impairments,

Springs Branch closed

Due to protests in the area, Springs branch is closed today, 4 September. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Find the nearest branch here,

eFiling downtime

Due to maintenance, eFilers may experience intermittent downtime on Friday, 21 June from 17:30 to 22:00. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Trust Enhancements

On 17 September 2018, SARS implemented several changes to the Income Tax Return for Trusts (ITR12T) in respect of the year of assessment ending on 28 February 2018,

High call volumes

The SARS Contact Centre is experiencing high call volumes today. Taxpayers are advised to use the call back option and an agent will call the taxpayer back.

New SARS Commissioner

On 1 May 2019, Edward Kieswetter started his role as Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service,

SARS Branches

1 April 2019 – The SARS branches are open and operational. The mobile unts are not fully operational yet,

SARS Alberton Branch open

The SARS Alberton Branch will be fully operational from Monday, 10 June 2019. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Tax Season 2019

Deputy Finance Minister and SARS Commissioner have launched Tax Season 2019 for taxpayers who use the updated digital channels, eFiling and the SARS MobiApp,

eFiling downtime

Intermittent downtime will be experienced on eFiling from 20:00 to 01:00 on Saturday, 20 July, due to ongoing maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Mobile Tax Units

Find out where our mobile units are and see our tax workshops to learn more about tax,

Trade Statistics for March 2019

SARS released trade statistics for March 2019 that recorded a trade surplus of R5.0 billion due to exports of R105.40 billion and imports of R100.40 billion,

Update on Filing Season 2019

To date, the response from South Africa has been great, with over 6 million logins, almost 1.3 million returns requested, and over 1 million returns submitted,

Mineral and Petroleum Resource Royalties

SARS rolled MPRR changes which includes registration and subscription of new and existing MPRR taxpayers on the new system,

Provisional Tax deadline

The deadline for IRP6 submission and payment was 28 February 2019. If you have not submitted and paid yet, please do so without delay,