5 days left: Extended e-filing deadline ends on Monday
Taxpayers who were given an extended deadline at the end of January are now about to face the end of the extension on Monday, 15 February.
ANYONE who might have heaved a sigh of relief at the end of January when an extension on the deadline for submission of tax returns but then might have not made good use of the time, will again be sweating as the new deadline for provisional taxpayers looms.
ALSO READ: Relief for provisional taxpayers: Deadline extended at 11th hour
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said on Monday (8 January) that taxpayers should make use of the convenient and safe online methods to transact with SARS.
REMINDER: Filing Season deadline for provisional taxpayers who file online has been extended to 15 February 2021…https://t.co/AI9ijeei6G #YourTaxMatters
— SA Revenue Service (@sarstax) February 8, 2021
He encouraged the use of eFililng or the SARS MobiApp, in order to avoid having to go into a SARS office as the country continues to fight the spread of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
ALSO READ: Make the most of your finances all year long
Kieswetter urged taxpayers who received auto-assessment notices last year but who have not yet either accepted the auto-assessments, or edited and filed a return in response to the notice, to make use of this opportunity to do so.
Compliance
“While SARS believes that most taxpayers and traders comply voluntarily and want to do the right thing, we also have measures we can use to enforce compliance. However, such enforcement always remains a last resort,” said Kieswetter.
He added if provisional taxpayers, and those who received their auto-assessments last year, fail to edit and file a return, they will face administrative penalties after the extended deadline passes.
Caxton Local Media Covid-19 reporting
