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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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.
This allows us to pull through the tax information SARS already has for you when it's time to file. Your IRP5, your medical aid certificate, your retirement annuity contribution, and your bank interest all flow straight into your tax return.
Filing a tax return the old way means digging through emails for your IRP5. Hunting down medical aid certificates. Trying to remember which retirement annuity you contributed to last year. It's the kind of admin that turns a 20-minute job into a weekend.
When you link your eFiling profile to TaxTim, all of that lands in your tax return automatically.
All the information and documents SARS already has. Every IRP5, IT3(b), IT3(c), medical aid certificate and retirement annuity contribution your employer, bank, or fund has already submitted - flows straight into the right places. You go from filling in a form to checking a draft.
1. Skip the admin.
Your tax certificates from employers, banks, medical aids and retirement funds are pulled in automatically. No hunting through emails.
2. File with confidence.
If SARS has it, we have it. Less chance of missing a number, less chance of an audit query later.
3. Beat the season-opening rush.
SARS can take up to 48 hours to verify the link. Do it ahead of tax season, and you're ready the moment it opens.
1. Sign up or log in to TaxTim
From your dashboard, click "Link your eFiling Profile".
2. Enter your details
Your SARS tax number, ID number, and your name as it appears on your ID.
3. Approve with SARS
Enter the OTP SARS sends you via email or SMS. Only you can approve it.
4. We do the rest
SARS verifies the link in the background. This can take up to 48 hours. We'll email you the moment it's done.
5. You're entered to win
Link your profile before the 12th July 2026 and you're automatically in the draw.
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Am I giving TaxTim too much access?
You are giving us shared access, the same kind a tax practitioner gets, so we can read your tax data and submit your return on your behalf. We cannot change your password, lock you out, or access anything outside your tax profile.
Will I lose control of my eFiling profile?
No. Your eFiling profile is still yours. You can log into SARS eFiling directly whenever you want. Linking TaxTim doesn't replace your access. It sits alongside it.
Is TaxTim actually allowed to do this?
Yes. TaxTim is a SARS-registered tax practitioner. The link happens through SARS's own shared-access system, with an OTP from SARS confirming it's really you. It's the standard way tax practitioners help South Africans with their returns.
Can I give shared access to more than one person?
Yes. SARS lets you grant shared access to multiple tax practitioners, so linking TaxTim doesn't get in the way of an accountant, spouse, or anyone else you've shared access with. You can also remove any of them at any time, including us.
What if I want to remove TaxTim later?
You can remove TaxTim's access anytime, directly from your SARS eFiling profile. It takes under two minutes. We've written a step-by-step guide for the day you ever want it.
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