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As the 2025 tax season looks set to begin, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a fresh warning to taxpayers ...
The SA Revenue Service is trialling key changes to auto-assessment in 2025, including invitations to provisional taxpayers ...
SARS has introduced a new section on the eFiling homepage (visible once you have logged in), referred to as 'Express Access'.
SARS has flagged a new scam ahead of the 2025 tax season, with Standard Bank also warning of increased criminal activity as ...
SARS has launched a new feature for the 2025 tax season on its efiling platform that tax payers should check out.
SARS has announced the filing dates for tax season 2025, including details for auto-assessments and what to do when you receive one.
The South African Revenue Services (Sars) has added an option on the eFiling platform ahead of the 2025 tax season to make it ...
The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has announced the official start of the 2025 tax filing season, effective from July ...
Sars is obliged to refund a taxpayer in two instances. First, if an amount is properly refundable to a taxpayer under a tax Act and reflected in an assessment. Second, where an amount is ...
The OTO found that on 10 separate instances over a two-week period, Sars paid the refund into the taxpayer’s bank account and then immediately recalled it.
6. SARS using historic returns to delay the payment of refunds – this is related to returns that have never been shown as outstanding on Tax Clearance Certificates or Statements of Account, suddenly ...
SARS has a habit of unjustifiably delaying VAT refunds or extending the time for the verification without asking the taxpayer for an extension. if a taxpayer is on the wrong side of the law, they ...