SARS extends working hours ahead of deadline
Offices will be open from 8am to 1pm in 25 branches around the country, including KZN.
THE South African Revenue Service (SARS) branch offices will, for the next two weeks, extend their working hours to include Saturdays in anticipation of an increase in taxpayers who will file their returns. The revenue service will extend working hours to cover Saturday, 14 November and Saturday, 21 November to assist taxpayers with their returns. The tax season will conclude on 27 November.
“Taxpayers are to note that only issues relating to tax return submissions will be dealt with,” said SARS on Wednesday.
Offices will be open from 8am to 1pm in 25 branches around the country. To date, over 3.56-million taxpayers have filed their income tax returns, in accordance with SARS’ forecasts.
“As a result, approximately 24 000 taxpayers are filing their returns per day. But the volume is expected to increase with two weeks to go before the tax season ends on 27 November,” noted the revenue service.
In the last few days, SARS has seen an increase in queues at branches. In addition, the volume of calls handled by the SARS contact centre has shown a marked increase as the deadline approaches.
For a complete list of branches that will be open on 14 and 21 November, taxpayers can visit the SARS website at www.sars.gov.za.
For more information, contact the SARS contact centre on 0800 00 SARS (7277).
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