The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has announced the official start of the 2025 Filing Season, effective from 07 July 2025 to 20 October 2025. This season marks an important period where income ...

SARS auto-assessments may make tax filing easier, but experts warn that missing information, incorrect third-party data or ignored assessments could cost you refunds or trigger penalties.

On December 15, 2025, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) issued a media release reminding trustees and provisional taxpayers of the trust and provisional tax filing season, confirming that the ...

SARS has rolled out a suite of digital enhancements for the 2026 tax filing season, with more than 1.9 million taxpayers already auto-assessed and R8b in refunds paid within 72 hours.

Tax season 2026 opened on Monday, 13 July for all those South African tax payers who were not auto-assessed.

From filing deadlines and eligibility to new digital features and fraud alerts, here's everything taxpayers need to know to complete their 2026 income tax returns.

Thousands of South African taxpayers who submitted their tax returns during the 2026 Filing Season are still waiting for their refunds.

Your SARS eFiling profile tells a story — but many South Africans living abroad do not know what that story says or whether it contains unexpected surprises. With the 2026 Tax Filing Season now ...

Latest enhancement shows that Sars’s modernisation investments are beginning to translate into tangible improvements for ...

With Sars opening Filing Season 2026, many taxpayers will not be auto-assessed. Discover why this happens and how consulting ...

SARS has noted increasing use of AI among scammers to generate realistic-looking correspondence from the tax service.