{"id":493311,"date":"2021-05-25T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=493311"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:12:12","slug":"sars-announces-start-dates-and-details-for-2021-tax-season-in-south-africa-what-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/493311\/sars-announces-start-dates-and-details-for-2021-tax-season-in-south-africa-what-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS announces start dates and details for 2021 tax season in South Africa &#8211; what you should know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has announced that taxpayers will be able to file their tax returns from 1 July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The revenue collector added that a significant number of individual taxpayers will be auto-assessed once again this year, and that this process will also start around the same period.<\/p>\n<p>SARS said that the other important dates that taxpayers should be aware of are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 July to 23 November 2021 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>This is the period for taxpayers who file online. Taxpayers who cannot file online can do so at a SARS branch by appointment only.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 July to 28 January 2022<\/strong> &#8211; This is the period for Provisional taxpayers including Trusts may file via\u00a0eFiling\u00a0or\u00a0SARS MobiApp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting July, SARS said it will be assessing a significant number of taxpayers automatically.\u00a0 &#8220;If you accept the outcome you do not have to file a tax return at all,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>SARS said that it auto-assesses based on the data we receive from employers, financial institutions, medical schemes, retirement annuity fund administrators and other third-party data providers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have not yet received your IRP5\/IT3(a)s and other tax certificates like medical certificate, retirement annuity fund certificate and other third-party data that are relevant in determining your tax obligations, you should immediately approach your employer or medical scheme or retirement annuity fund or other third-party data providers to make sure that they have complied with their submission requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you accept the results of your auto-assessment and if there is a refund due to you, the refund will be paid by SARS.<\/p>\n<p>If you owe SARS money, you can make a payment on eFiling, via EFT or the SARS MobiApp by the specified due date on your notice of assessment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/noHbOgbHfRw\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What to prepare before filing starts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SARS said that now is a good time to get your tax matters ready to ensure a smooth filing experience. The tax collector said that taxpayers should prepare the following information ahead of time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure that you have received your IRP5\/IT3(a)s and other tax certificates like medical certificate, retirement annuity fund certificate and any other 3rd party data that are relevant in determining your tax obligations<\/li>\n<li>Reset your eFiling username and password if you have forgotten them.<\/li>\n<li>Update your personal information such as banking details, address and contact details online on eFiling or the SARS MobiApp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/492951\/medical-aid-prices-in-2021-discovery-vs-bonitas-vs-momentum-and-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Medical aid prices in 2021: Discovery vs Bonitas vs Momentum and others<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has announced that taxpayers will be able to file their tax returns from 1 July 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":80497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121],"tags":[26,3246],"class_list":["post-493311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-headline","tag-sars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493315,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493311\/revisions\/493315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}