Lebone Rodah Mosima
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will begin the 2026 Filing Season with an Auto Assessment period from 1 to 12 July, during which about six million taxpayers with less complex tax affairs are expected to be assessed automatically.
SARS said Auto Assessment would apply to taxpayers whose information has been fully supplied by employers and other third-party data providers, including financial institutions, medical schemes and retirement funds.
The broader filing period will open on 13 July. Non-provisional taxpayers who are required to submit returns have until 23 October 2026 to file, while provisional taxpayers and trusts have until 22 January 2027.
“While today’s launch marks the continuation of the Filing Season communication campaign, Filing Season does not open to everyone at the same time,” SARS Commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu said.
SARS described its Auto Assessment as “a world-class innovation that is unprecedented globally for tax administrations”,
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