SARS published a media release about the individual filing season for 2019.
Click here to view the information published on the SARS website.
Summary of the information:
- SARS has improved online filing and filing at a SARS branch with several exciting innovations for tax season 2019 to make it simpler and more convenient for taxpayers to file an income tax return.
- This year taxpayers who meet ALL of the following criteria need NOT submit a tax return:
- their total employment income for the year before tax is not more than R500 000, and
- they only receive employment income from one employer for the full tax year, and
- they have no other form of income (e.g. car/travel allowance, business income, rental income, taxable interest or income from another job etc.), and
- they don’t have any additional allowable tax related deductions to claim (e.g. medical credits/expenses, retirement annuity contributions, travel expenses etc.).
- Filing season 2019 starts on 1 August for taxpayers who file their income tax returns at a SARS branch.
- Taxpayers who are registered for eFiling can file their income tax returns from 1 July via eFiling or the MobiApp.
- The closing dates for tax season 2019:
- 31 October 2019 for branch filing,
- 4 December 2019 for non-provisional taxpayers who use eFiling and the MobiApp, and
- 31 January 2020 for provisional taxpayers who use eFiling.
Take note, that the SARS Commissioner still need to publish the above individual filing season requirements and dates in the Government Gazette.
As employer you can inform your employees of their responsibilities toward filing their returns.
Should you have any queries related to this topic, you can contact SARS on 0800 00 7277.