The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has announced it will be upgrading its online systems on Friday, saying this may interrupt service on the eFiling platform. The upgrade will take place between ...

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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 ...

South Africa’s tax authority the South African Revenue Service (Sars) has announced facial recognition may be a requirement for new eFiling registrations for Personal Income Tax. In a media statement, ...

There is good news for those who may have struggled to log into the SARS online system on Monday. The revenue service is extending the deadline for e-filing and payment to Monday, 14 July 2025. It's ...

The introduction of the electronic form is one of this year's innovations on the road to easy tax returns. The development of eFiling for individual income tax returns has come a long way since 2001, ...

As part of our programme to build a smart and modern organisation, SARS has introduced a new Express Functionality on our eFiling platform to make it easier for taxpayers to comply with their tax ...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) believes the crime of profile hijacking points to “pervasive cybercrime with global links”. Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says the revenue service is – ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has implemented a change for individual income tax registrations for eFiling, which will now require biometric facial recognition. The revenue service said ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned that cybercrime is becoming more sophisticated and is constantly evolving—and investigations into cases of eFiling profile hijacking have pointed to ...