Tax season deadline shortened
A shorter filing season will give SARS additional time to address return verifications.
Tax season is underway but this time the deadline date has been shortened by three weeks, running from 1 July to 31 October 2018.
This impacts all individual non-provisional taxpayers. This deadline also applies to provisional taxpayers who opt to file at a branch. Provisional taxpayers who use eFiling have until 31 January 2019 to file. The deadline for manual submissions is 21 September.
In a media statement, acting commissioner, Mark Kingon said, a shorter filing season allows additional time for SARS, taxpayers and the tax fraternity to deal with return verifications before most taxpayers go on the December holiday break.
“Often there are delays with taxpayers having to respond to our queries and requests over the holiday break. The quiet period after the first three months of tax season has now been removed resulting in efficient use of SARS resources,” said Kingon.
Read more about tax season on www.sars.gov.za
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