AFTER almost 20 years of helping South Africans navigate their finances, I've seen the same look of dread on clients' faces every July when tax season rolls around. This year feels different though.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has highlighted several changes for the 2025 tax season, including a change to auto-assessments that should benefit provisional taxpayers. The tax service ...

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has announced the official start of the 2025 tax filing season, effective from July 7 to October 20. During this important period SARS will automatically ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has officially opened the 2025 tax season for individuals, beginning with auto-assessments from July 7 to 20 July 2025. This automated process is part of SARS’ ...

The 2024 tax season, as confirmed by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), will start on Monday, 15 July. This year’s tax season will run until Monday, 21 October 2024 for individual taxpayers, ...

As the South African Revenue Service (SARS) continues to modernise its systems and streamline compliance, the 2025 tax season has introduced an expanded auto-assessment process intended to reduce the ...

With over 5,8-million South Africans auto-assessed by SARS in July alone, tax experts are warning that many taxpayers may have unknowingly accepted incomplete or incorrect tax returns, potentially ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the official start of the 2025 Filing Season, effective from 7 July 2025 to 20 October 2025. Auto-assessments are underway for South Africans who ...

If your tax return is relatively simple and straightforward, look out for your auto assessment in your e-filing account between 7 and 20 July. As Roelofse explains, SARS is using AI to automatically ...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has the power to raise estimated assessments when the information supplied by a taxpayer is considered incorrect or inadequate. The apparent subjectivity of ...

If you donated to a registered PBO and received a Section 18A certificate, these amounts will not be reflected in your auto-assessment. Failing to include them manually means missing out on a ...