What You Need To Do If You Get An Auto Assessment SMS

NEWS | SARS TO CURB NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AUTO-ASSESSMENTS

The great trek by the SA Revenue Service (Sars) to e-services, including the newly unveiled automated assessment, is not only motivated by efficiency in revenue collection, but will also deal with, and shame, rogues.

SARS Auto Assessment SMS

NEWS | SARS IS SENDING 3.1 MILLION SMSES ABOUT ‘AUTO-ASSESSED’ TAX RETURNS – WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET ONE

The SA Revenue Service (SARS) is currently sending out 3.1 million SMSes to taxpayers whose returns will be assessed automatically this year.

How Travel Allowances Work

NEWS | HOW TRAVEL ALLOWANCES WORK

COVID-19 has far-reaching effects for the South African taxpayer and, unbeknown to many, may be silently increasing their tax liability for the 2021 year of assessment.

Under Which Circumstances Are You Allowed To Withdraw Your Retirement Annuility

NEWS | UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW YOUR RETIREMENT ANNUITY? WHY THESE REASONS?

Currently, individuals are able to withdraw their retirement annuity when they turn 55 or when they financially emigrate and their emigration has been approved by the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) and by the South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”).

The Discrepancy SMS From SARS

NEWS | THE “DISCREPANCY” SMS FROM SARS – WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

As Trump likes his twitter; SARS loves the SMS. Over the last week, many taxpayers have received a rather confusing SMS from SARS, informing them that SARS has not forgotten about them, but also that something looks wrong on their taxes.