Current medical scheme contribution deduction replaced by a medical scheme contribution for tax credit, for taxpayers aged below 65
Effective 1 March 2012 the medical scheme contribution deduction will, for taxpayers aged below 65, be replaced by a medical scheme contribution tax credit, in an effort to achieve greater equality in the treatment of medical expenses across income groups. Read more here...

Modernised 3rd Party Data Platform
SARS is modernising its current platform for 3rd party data submission by enabling taxpayers to submit supporting data.The new Direct Data Flow channel will be used for processing large volumes of data. This new channel will reduce the overall administrative burden of large volume data transfer and shorten data processing cycle times. Read more here...

Provisional taxpayers have until 31 January 2012 to eFile their annual Income Tax returns. Want to know if you are a Provisional taxpayer? Click here to see the definition of a Provisional taxpayer.

 SARS has developed a free suite of
 software applications linked to eFiling  
 which allow taxpayers, practitioners and
 businesses to complete their returns
 offline on their desktop and then send
 these to SARS via eFiling... 


Please note:
The updated e@syFile™ Employer
version for Macintosh will be
available at a later date.

 

Advance Tax Rulings - Freeze period
Applicants for advance tax rulings are reminded that due to the holiday season the estimated time to complete Advance Tax Rulings applications is extended. With reference to Interpretation Note 38 and specifically the estimated time to complete referred to in paragraph 4.2 and footnote 2 (page 2), kindly note that the 13 business days from 19 December 2011 to 6 January 2012 (both dates included) must be added to the estimated time to complete a ruling application. The freeze period is applicable to all applications that are in progress during that period.

CIT request for Statement of Account, Assessment Notice and the refund dashboard available on eFiling
In line with our ongoing commitment to modernise our systems and processes and to use technology as a process enabler, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has extended the Statement of Accounts (SOA) and Assessment Notice (ITA34) function to Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and introduced the CIT Refund Dashboard. Read More... 

 

SARS eFiling is a free, simple and secure way of interacting with SARS from the comfort of your home or office...

 

 

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