Written by Alicia
Posted 29 July 2025
SARS (the South African Revenue Service) has made recent changes regarding how foreign nationals and some non-resident taxpayers are handled in the tax system. These changes affect both current tax residents without SA ID numbers and individuals who have since left South Africa.
What's Changed?
Previously, SARS assessed taxpayers based on their location while earning income. This allowed many foreign nationals living and worki...
Written by Nicci
Posted 23 July 2025
If you are a non-resident for tax purposes but SARS still has you on record as a South African tax resident, you will face unexpected challenges when filing your tax return this season.
In prior years, SARS allowed taxpayers to file as non-residents even if their RAV01 profile still reflected them as residents. However, SARS has introduced changes this tax season: you will ...
Written by Nicci
Updated 17 July 2025
If you're a salary-only employee (i.e non-provisional taxpayer), your tax filing deadline is 20 October 2025. But, if you do fall into the provisional taxpayer category, your deadline extends to 19 January 2026.
However, it's super important to note that if you were auto-assessed, then your deadline is 20 October 2025 even if you qualify as a provisional taxpayer.
Now, if you're thinking about waiting until the later deadline next year and consider yourself a ...
Written by Marc
Updated 13 July 2025
Tax season always throws up some interesting and confusing calculations, but for many, the most confusing of all is how medical aid contributions and Out of Pocket medical expenses are treated.
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Written by Nicci
Updated 27 June 2025
You may be employed by someone, but for one reason or another- you don't receive an IRP5 and no amount of begging or pleading
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Written by Nicci
Posted 26 June 2025
SARS has made changes to the 2025 tax return to help taxpayers who ceased South African tax residency during the tax year. If this applies to you, your tax return will now include two parts:
Part 1: While you were still a South African tax resident
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Posted 25 June 2025
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Posted 24 June 2025
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Posted 24 June 2025
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Written by Nicci
Updated 14 June 2025
As a Director of a Company, your salary is subject to monthly PAYE and UIF deductions. Many small business owners don’t realise that if they operate their business through a company (Pty), the company needs to be registered as an employer with SARS.
This means, the company needs to deduct employee’s tax (PAYE) from the amounts paid to Directors. It’s also required to make monthly EMP201 submissions (this is the PAYE, UIF and SDL return) to SARS. The same applies even in the case of “owner managed” businesses -where there’s only one director and no employees...
Written by Hamza
Posted 13 June 2025
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Posted 13 June 2025
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Updated 13 June 2025
Written by Alicia
Posted 13 June 2025
We have tried to connect to your eFiling profile, but instead we’ve received this error:
This error could be caused by SARS having old, incorrect or incomplete contact details on file for you. To fix this, could you kindly follow these steps to update your eFiling Security Contact details:
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Written by Hamza
Posted 12 June 2025
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Posted 12 June 2025
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Posted 11 June 2025
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