The South African Income Service (SARS) is tough at work guaranteeing that its digital platforms and know-how infrastructure are sturdy and safe, by performing common upgrades, enhancements and upkeep.

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In accordance with its Imaginative and prescient and Strategic Aims, which embrace modernising its techniques to supply Digital and Streamlined on-line providers, SARS will run upgrades on its digital platforms on:

Friday, 15 November 2024 from 18:00 to 22:00

Saturday, 16 November 2024 from 20:00 to 00:00

SARS warned that in this era customers might expertise intermittent service interruption on its eFiling, Tax and Customs Digital Platforms.

In an announcement on it’s web site, SARS added: Attaining our Imaginative and prescient 2024 of a wise, fashionable SARS with unquestionable integrity that’s trusted and admired is of paramount significance. Pivotal to the supply of our imaginative and prescient are our digital platforms and know-how infrastructure. To supply readability and certainty, make it straightforward for taxpayers and merchants to adjust to their obligations and constructing public belief and confidence, our know-how belongings should reveal the very best ranges of availability, robustness and safety.

New SARS WhatsApp channel

In the meantime, as reported by The South African web site, SARS has launched a brand new WhatsApp channel for taxpayers to entry data concerning their tax refunds and different tax-related queries faster than earlier than.

The channel is particularly for tax queries associated to private earnings tax, the service stated, and is offered on each the cell and desktop variations of WhatsApp.

Lastly, South Africans are reminded that the deadline for provisional taxpayers is 20 January 2025.

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