The latest Tax Practitioner Connect newsletter has been released by SARS

The latest Tax Practitioner newsletter (issue 27) has been published and deals with a few topics including SARS extending the filing season deadline, the new penalty rule for non-compliant taxpayers and physical impairment or disability expenditures.

The 27th issue of the SARS Tax Practitioner Connect Newsletter covers the following topics:

  • SARS extends filing season deadline
  • SARS ‘encouraged’ by the measured progress in rebuilding SARS as an institution and transforming itself into a SMART Modern SARS.
  • New penalty rule for non-compliant taxpayers 
  • Debt management automation
  • Registration of tax practitioners as public officers
  • Commissioner prescribes physical impairment or disability expenditure
  • What’s new at SARS?
    • eBooking services
    • Notice of Registration functionality enhanced on eFiling
    • Draft document for public comment on Voluntary Disclosure Programme (VDP) published
    • Guide on submission of disputes updated
    • New version of e@syFile™ Employer released
    • SARS Annual Report published
    • Scam alert
    • Some large commercial companies responsible for 60% of illicit financial flows
    • Counterfeit procedures

Find a copy of the newsletter here.

02/12/2021