SARS Filing Season 2021

Published on: June 30th, 2021

SARS knows that filing your tax return can be stressful, but they have assured South Africans that preparing for the 2021 Filing Season will be a better experience as #YourTaxMatters!

Payroll Unit will assist you with all the information needed to make things easy.

When does Individual & Trusts Filing Season open?

For the 2021 Filing Season, please diarise the following dates and criteria:

» From July: Over 3 million taxpayers identified for auto-assessment will receive text messages to either accept or edit their auto-completed returns on eFiling by 23 November 2021.

» 1 July – 23 November: Non-provisional taxpayers who were not auto-assessed may file digitally using eFiling or the SARS MobiApp.

» 1 July – 23 November: Non-provisional taxpayers who were not auto-assessed and do not have access to digital services may be assisted at a branch by first making a booking. The online booking system is available on the SARS website www.sars.gov.za.

» 1 July 2021 – 31 January 2022: Provisional taxpayers, including Trusts, may file via eFiling or the SARS MobiApp.