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SARS Announces Upcoming Digital Platform Upgrades The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a notice to taxpayers about scheduled upgrades to its digital platforms. As part of its Vision 2024 and broader goal to modernise systems for streamlined, digital-first services, SARS is continually working to improve the reliability, security, and availability of its technology...

We trust you’ve had a smooth and successful tax return submission. The tax filing season for individuals or non-provisional taxpayers came to an end on Monday, 24 October 2022. SARS released a notice earlier this week detailing Administrative Penalties for the Late Submission of Tax Returns. Up to now, taxpayers were only liable for administrative...

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) announced earlier this month that effective 1 October 2022, all Gauteng Labour Centers will no longer accept manual UI-19 forms that update employees’ information. The purpose of the UI-19 form was normally for claiming UIF benefits. This notice was made available by the UIF call centre. The notice isn’t dated...

SARS have released a letter on 25 April 2022 detailing information about changes in respect of Tax Directives that have been implemented. The SARS notice addresses Fund Administrators, Insurers, Tax Practitioners, Advisors and taxpayers. Here’s a summary of the changes: Taxpayers who are members of pension preservation or provident preservation funds, who have reached retirement...

SARS have recently released a communication to employers detailing changes to the PAYE Admin Penalty dispute process. These process changes are coming into play effective 23 April 2022. In 2021, SARS implemented hefty administrative penalties for late or non-submission of the EMP501 Employer Reconciliation Declarations. If an employer wanted to dispute these administrative penalties, they were...