Starting in 2026, PAYE reconciliations will be rejected without valid employee tax numbers. Ensure your business is ready to ...

SARS warns that from 2026, employers must ensure all employees have valid tax numbers, or Pay-As-You-Earn reconciliations ...

SARS has urged employers in South Africa to start preparing for the 2026 Employer Filing Season, noting changes taking effect ...

Government departments and parastatals do not care about the illiterate and the elderly. After the tax filing season opened, I have watched in dismay as senior citizens, the illiterate and those who ...

In recent weeks, a number of taxpayers have reported receiving “final demand” letters that appear to come from the South African Revenue Service (Sars). While some of these are legitimate notices ...

Many South Africans living abroad do not realise that outdated contact information, such as old mobile numbers or inactive email addresses on the South African Revenue Service (Sars) system, can block ...

If you still haven’t filed your tax return, today is the last day to do so. It is D-Day for non-provisional taxpayers to submit annual income-tax returns. In a statement last week, SARS Commissioner ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a final warning to taxpayers, urging them to finalise their tax returns before the close of the 2025 filing season. Tax filing season for ...

The former head of PRASA, Lucky Montana, disputes the figure, arguing that more than 80% of the quoted R55 million is inclusive of accumulated interest and penalties. Lucky Montana, uMkhonto WeSizwe ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has rejected the former Passanger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) CEO Lucky Montana’s explosive claims that officials fabricated a fake court judgment to ...

Protect your information the way you keep your bank details private is the message from Mmamelao Malakalaka, acting CEO of the Office of the Tax Ombud. You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud has released a report (PDF) this week on its investigations into allegations of eFiling profile hijacking happening in South Africa, revealing key details about how eFiling ...