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| South African Tax Returns Up, As Deadline Approaches |
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
With only a short time left before the deadline of November 25, 2011, the number
of tax returns submitted to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has exceeded
three million.
As at November 13, the number of income tax returns submitted stood at 3,038,500;
an improvement of about 15% on the number of almost 2.6m seen at the same time
last year. In last year’s tax season it had taken taxpayers 22 weeks to
reach the 3m mark, compared to only 19 weeks this season.
To avoid congestion, SARS took the opportunity of reminding taxpayers who need
assistance at a branch to file their return to visit their nearest SARS branch
as soon as possible before the deadline. During the last two weeks of the 2010 tax
season, SARS branches countrywide had to assist more 318,700 taxpayers, which
in the major centres meant an average of 2,000 taxpayers per day.
In addition, as more than 230,000 calls were received by the SARS Contact Centre
in the last week of the 2010 tax season, and more than 54,000 on the last day,
SARS also made an appeal to taxpayers with outstanding returns to submit these
or seek assistance from the Contact Centre as soon as possible to avoid the
last minute rush.
Taxpayers are being encouraged to use the more convenient option of filing
their tax returns via eFiling, which is a free electronic platform for submitting
returns, making payments and tracking the status of their assessment. Provisional
taxpayers who file their returns via eFiling have until January 31, 2012 to
submit returns.
Finally, SARS reminded taxpayers who file their returns late that they may
face tough administrative penalties for every month that a return is late.
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