With the 2025 tax filing season fast approaching, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) has introduced a new user-friendly e-Filing feature aimed at making tax compliance simpler and more ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced that it will implement a virtual waiting room system for the coming manual tax filing seasons to ensure smooth service. Tax season got off to a ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud has released a report (PDF) this week on its investigations into allegations of eFiling profile hijacking happening in South Africa, revealing key details about how eFiling ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have raised serious concerns over rising cybercrime targeting taxpayer eFiling profiles. This follows a Sowetan report ...

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 South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed the Office of the Tax Ombudsman’s (OTO) draft report on alleged cases of eFiling profile hijacking, assuring taxpayers that it has already been ...

Criminals will use fear to create urgency or gain victims confidence by impersonating, in particular, SARS officials or official SARS correspondence. The criminal activity can be divided loosely into ...