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SARS refund document verifiction



Rohit says:
21 February 2017 at 1:23

Hi, I have filed tax returns with SARS through a practitioner in 2016 for the period (Aug 2015 - Jan 2016) when I was working in SA but I have been notified by SARS to verify bank account and address. As I am not staying in South Africa any more and currently in USA, can not go personally to SARS branch. There are some additional things to this now. I sent scanned copied of the documents like address proof and FNB bank account confirmation along with employment proof and passport to practitioner but he refused to help me, can you tell me what else I can do?

TaxTim TaxTim says:
21 February 2017 at 8:22

Unfortunately SARS wont assist your tax practitioner if they go into a branch with the emailed documents.
You should be able to certify the documents in the USA and perhaps post it or courier it to your practitioner.
If you dont have a local bank account anymore you are able to provide SARS with your international banking details too.

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