Welcome to the website of the South African Revenue Service (SARS)

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The information on this website has been categorised so that small business owners, exempt organisations (Non-governmental organisation - NGOs), tax practitioners, and large businesses can easily access tax-relevant information.
 
You will also be able to read about SARS, download different publications and forms, find customs and excise-related information, and access more information on the different tax types - Air Passenger Tax,  Capital Gains Tax (CGT),  Environmental Levy,  Estate Duty,  Fuel levy,  Income Tax,  Pay As You Earn (PAYE),  Retirement Funds Tax,  Skills Development Levy (SDL),  Stamp Duty,  Transfer Duty,  Value Added Tax (VAT), and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)  

MTBPS 2008 Finance Minister Trevor Manuel delivered his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement for the 2008/2009 financial year in Parliament on 21 October 2008. For a copy of the Minister’s speech and all other Budget-related documents click here. 2008 Income Tax Returns for Companies, Trusts and Exempt Institutions   The IT12EI,  IT12TR and IT14 returns and guides for 2008 are available on the SARS eFiling website An important message from SARS   With the end of the Tax Season for Employers on Friday, 29 August 2008, SARS would like to report back to our stakeholders on progress Updating of the Practitioners Register  SARS is busy with an exercise to update the contact details of practitioners on the Practitioners Register, in order to ensure that notices and communiques relating to the Tax Season for Individuals, beginning on 01 September 2008, will reach everyone   15 September 2008  2008 Tax Season for Individuals begins   21 November 2008  Tax season for individuals: Deadline for manual submissions of returns    23 January 2009  Tax Season 2008 for Individuals: Deadline for eFiling submission		Click here for the e@syFile applications   SARS Wins Silver Medal in International Technology Award Pretoria 19 November 2008 – Last night SARS won the silver medal in the Enterprise category of the annual Adobe Max Awards North America for its newly developed e@syFile software application. SARS Act to Protect Taxpayers from VAT Abuse 13 November 2008 - The South African Revenue Service has this week implemented a range of additional security measures to safeguard the VAT system from attempted abuse and fraud. SARS Announces Relief for Taxpayers 13 November 2008 - The South African Revenue Service today announced relief for taxpayers struggling to meet the manual submission deadline for income tax returns with a two week extension of the deadline and additional time for those who submit electronically via SARS branches.

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