BY Amy Musgrave
The SA Revenue Service collected R1.855 trillion of tax in the financial year ending 31 March, according to preliminary figures released on Tuesday.
SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter said this was 6% higher than the previous financial year, when it collected R1.74 trillion.
He said the collections from the finance, community, wholesale and construction sectors were robust, contributing to the 6.1% year-on-year growth in revenue collections (2024/25) and 4.4% in GDP (2025).
Although a less substantial increase year on year, taxes earned through value-added tax (VAT) were the second biggest contributor to the outcome, followed by company income tax.
Also, personal income tax saw significant gains, which were partly due to the new two-pot pension reform. It allows fund members to make partial withdrawals from their pension funds before retirement to help those who are in financial distress.
Kieswetter said that R447.7 billion was returned to taxpayers, which was
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