Written by Ursula
Posted 3 June 2026
Link your SARS eFiling profile to TaxTim before the 12th July 2026 and stand a chance to win one of five R5,000 vouchers to an Easy Equities Tax-Free Savings Account in your name.
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What does linking your eFiling profile mean?It's similar to giving access to a tax practitioner. Your eFiling profile stays yours, but TaxTim is added as the tax practitioner linked to your profile....
Written by Alicia
Updated 3 June 2026
In previous years, it was relatively easy to add a company to your eFiling profile, whether it was an Organization or Tax Practitioner profile.
However, since early last year, SARS has changed the procedure. Now, to add a company to your profile, you need to add a registered representative. In order to do this, you must send a request to SARS along with the following documents each time you want to represent a new company:
Written by Alicia
Posted 1 June 2026
The wait is over! SARS has officially announced the filing dates for the 2026 Tax Season.
Auto-Assessments: 1 July – 12 July 2026Auto-assessments will commence on 1 July 2026 and run until 12 July 2026. If your tax affairs are relatively straightforward, SARS may automatically assess you during this period.
An auto-asse...
Written by Alicia
Updated 26 May 2026
Please read the steps below to update your contact details on your SARS eFilng profile:
1. Go to www.sarsefiling.co.za
2. Log into your eFiling profile:
3. Click on
Written by Alicia
Posted 11 May 2026
Written by Vee
Updated 11 May 2026
Updated: SARS confirms the annual TFSA limit is now R46,000 from 1 March 2026. The lifetime limit remains R500,000, unused annual limits do not roll over, and excess contributions are taxed at 40%.
As a nation, South Africa does rather poorly on the savings front. With the majority living near or below the breadline, there’s not much to save when you’re more concerned with just getting through the month.
Our high levels of consumer debt, combined w...
Written by Alicia
Posted 5 May 2026
With the 2026 tax season approaching, many clients have been asking whether they really need to submit an annual income tax return this tax year.
Our answer remains the same: yes, you should still file.
Even if you believe you may not be required to submit, it's always safer to do so. If SARS later determines that you were required to submit a return and you did not do so, you could face administrative non-compliance penalties....
Written by Vee
Updated 4 May 2026
You’ve been up since 4am in order to catch yet another red-eye flight for a 9am business meeting - 1,400km away - and you’re already onto your third coffee by the time you board the plane.
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Written by Alicia
Updated 22 April 2026
SARS Timelines
SARS operates within specific timelines to comply with the rules outlined in the Tax Administration Act and the commitments detailed in their service charter.
However, these timelines are not easily accessible on the SARS website, leaving many of our users needing to contact the helpdesk for updates on their submissions.
To assist you, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of these timelines:
Auto-Assessment<...
Written by Nicci
Updated 22 April 2026
After submission of your tax return, when you receive your tax assessment (ITA34) from SARS, you need to scan down to the block “Compliance Information” to see if SARS requires anything further from you. You will see “Selected for audit or verification” with a Y or N (Yes or No) next to it. If you have a N, you can breathe a sigh of relief and consider yourself fortunate that SARS probably doesn’t require anything further from you for this tax year. (You should h...
Written by Patrick
Posted 30 March 2026
When the Budget comes out, most people just want to know one thing: what does this mean for me? Here’s a clear, simple breakdown.
Here’s the short version: tax brackets have been adjusted, some thresholds have gone up, and a proposed R20 billion in additional tax increases has been scrapped. It’s not a dramatic Budget, but there are real wins worth knowing about.
Let’s break it all down in plain English.
First, the big pic...
Written by Patrick
Posted 4 March 2026
IRP6 deadlines: Provisional taxpayers submit IRP6 payments twice a year, on the last business day of August and the last business day of February. The February payment is the second and final estimate for the tax year.
Crypto counts: Selling, swapping, staking, DeFi rewards and NFT disposals can all affect your taxable income.
Swapping crypto is t...
Written by Evan
Updated 3 March 2026
SARS 2025 tax season dates:
21 July 2025 to 20 October 2025: individual (non-provisional) taxpayers
21 July 2025 to 19 January 2026: provisional taxpayers
If you earn less than R500 000 in a tax year and fulfil a series of complicated criteria, you may not have to file a tax return in 2025.
However, we advise you to take GREAT CARE here, and understand your duties properly, because if you don't, you may suffer for it later on.
Here are the top 5 reasons why you should not skip filing your tax return this season:
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Written by Patrick
Updated 1 March 2026
The 2026 Budget introduces inflationary adjustments to 2027 tax brackets and rebates, offering welcome relief to taxpayers after two years with no adjustments.
Please click on our updated take-home pay calculator to see your salary for the new tax year.
Written by Nicci
Posted 25 February 2026
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered some welcome relief for taxpayers in the 2026 Budget, with inflationary adjustments to personal income tax brackets and medical tax credits helping to ease the impact of bracket creep after two years of no changes...
Written by Patrick
Posted 11 February 2026
Every bank and investment house is telling you to “save for your future” by topping up your Retirement Annuity (RA) before the tax year ends on 28 February.
At TaxTim, we look at it slightly differently.
Yes, an RA is about retirement. But it is also one of the most powerful legal ways to reduce your tax bill right now.
Let’s break it down.
The “discounted investment” effectWhen you contribute to a Retir...
Written by Ursula
Posted 9 February 2026
If you’re not receiving your SARS eFiling OTP, you’re not alone. This usually happens when SARS has an old cellphone number or email address on record.
The good news?
You can update your SARS contact details directly from the SARS home page — without logging in.
Below is a simple, step-by-step guide to help you fix this and start receiving your OTP code again.
Written by Patrick
Posted 19 January 2026
Between year-end deadlines and the December break, crypto is easy to ignore, until SARS doesn’t ignore it.
If you’re a South African provisional taxpayer who trades, stakes, farms, or flips cryptocurrencies or NFTs, your crypto activity from 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026 forms part of your 2026 year of assessment. Your second provisional payment due in February 2026 must already reflect that income, or you risk penaltie...
Written by Patrick
Posted 15 December 2025
“South Africa is proposing new international reporting rules that will give SARS significantly greater visibility into your crypto transactions beginning 1 March 2026, with the first domestic reporting submissions in 2027 and international exchanges expected around September 2027.. Crypto platforms will be required to report your trades, transfers and wallet activity.”
South Africa is getting ready for one of the biggest shifts in how crypto is taxed...
Written by Patrick
Posted 9 December 2025
If you are a provisional taxpayer in South Africa, it is important to understand what is expected of you before you submit your annual tax return (ITR12). Many people focus on their IRP6 payments during the year and forget that the ITR12 is the final step where SARS checks everything.
Your ITR12 is the return SARS uses to confirm:
Because of this, it pays to prepare properly...
Written by Patrick
Posted 8 December 2025
There’s been a lot of talk this week about the government's proposal to introduce a national 20% tax on online gambling. The news spread quickly, but most articles stopped at the headline. Very few explained how the tax would actually be calculated, who pays it, how it connects to existing provincial taxes, and what this means for everyday South Africans.
This guide breaks everything down in plain language, with simple examples and real numbers, so you can clearly understand what the proposal is about and how it might impact online betting going forward.
What exactly is being taxed?
The 20% tax does not apply to your personal winnings...
Written by Elani
Updated 11 November 2025
Step 1: Please log into your SARS eFiling profile
Step 2: Click on "Home" on the top menu
Step 3: Click on "SARS Registered Details" and then on "Maintain SARS Registered Details" on the l...
Written by Nicci
Updated 7 November 2025
Step 1:
Log into your SARS eFiling pofile.
Step 2:
Navigate to your Tax Return which was auto-assessed.
You can do this by clicking "Returns" (top menu), then "Returns History" (side menu), then "Personal Income Tax ITR12" , then select the the relevant ITR12.
You will see the
Written by Nicci
Posted 30 October 2025
If you were auto-assessed by SARS, your deadline to submit a tax return was 20 October 2025. If you still want to submit a Tax return but did not file by this date, don’t panic, you can still sort it out. But you can’t just file late. You first need to request an extension.
Step 1: Request an ExtensionGo to SARS eFiling and navigate to your Income Tax Work Page for 2025....
Written by Patrick
Posted 2 October 2025
At FNB, your financial wellbeing is always a priority. Tax season is an important part of that journey, but it’s also a time that many people find stressful or overwhelming. That’s why FNB has partnered with TaxTim, South Africa’s trusted digital tax assistant, to make filing simpler, faster, and even more rewarding.
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