Month: July 2023

10 July 2023 – The SARS Online Query System has a new feature called the My Tax Status Dashboard providing Taxpayers, Registered Representatives and Tax Practitioners with a visual status of the progress of Personal Income Tax returns in terms of submission, verification/audit and refund processing.

You are now able to check the progress of your Personal Income Tax Return after submission. This enhancement aims to keep you informed so there is no need for you to phone the SARS Contact Centre or go to a SARS Branch office.

 

 

Source: SARS Tariffs
Launched – My Tax Status Dashboard

7 July 2023 – Achieving our Vision 2024 of a smart, modern SARS with unquestionable integrity that is trusted and admired is of paramount importance. Pivotal to the delivery of our vision are our digital platforms & technology infrastructure. In order to provide clarity & certainty, make it easy for taxpayers & traders to comply with their obligations and building public trust and confidence, our technology assets have to demonstrate the highest levels of availability, robustness and security.

Pursuant to our Vision and Strategic Objectives, which include modernising our systems to provide Digital and Streamlined online services, we are hard at work ensuring that our digital platforms & technology infrastructure are available, robust & secure, by performing regular upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance.

In light of the above, eFiling may be intermittently available on Saturday 8 July 2023 from 20:00 to 22:00.

Source: SARS Tariffs
eFiling upgrade on 8 July 2023

6 July 2023 – The South African Revenue Service is hosting the 13^th Meeting of the Africa Initiative over two days, bringing together Commissioners-General of revenue authorities across Africa, high-ranking representatives, experts, as well as regional and international organisations and civil society.

The meeting was officially opened by the Minister of Finance of South Africa, Mr Enoch Godongwana who emphasised the importance of tax transparency tools in the armour of tax administrations to counter tax non-compliance: “The international tax transparency standards have proven to be an effective tool in curbing tax evasion and other IFFs and generating additional revenue ready to be invested in the development and provision of public services.” He urged the Global Forum to “continue to serve African countries and to support the Africa Initiative in its efforts to build and enhance their capacities to use the Exchange of Information standards at their full potential on the continent.” 

See the full media release here.

Source: SARS Tariffs
Media release – Africa focuses on Tax Transparency to counter tax evasion and illicit financial flows

5 July 2023 – Personal Income Tax taxpayers who qualify for this year’s Filing Season 2023 auto-assessment can now check whether they have been auto-assessed via the SARS Online Query Service functionality, click here.

 

 

Source: SARS Tariffs
Check if you have been auto-assessed