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Source domain: sars.gov.za
Collected on 8 September 2026
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Historical Income Tax Assessment Notification Acknowledgement
If a taxpayer receives a notification about a historical income-tax assessment on eFiling, they do not need to take any action. The notice relates to a past tax period and does not affect the current 2026 tax return or filing season. It was generated during a data synchronisation process.
The document's recorded date is 12 July 2026. Confirm on the official source.
Reference
https://www.sars.gov.za/tax-practitioners/tax-practitioner-connect-issue-73-july-2026/
Closing Date
12 July 2026
If you received such a notice, you do not need to do anything. The notification relates to a past tax period and does not affect your 2026 tax return or the current filing season.
Auto Assessment Process Completion
The Auto Assessment process for specific taxpayers ended on 12 July 2026. It used data from third parties such as employers, banks, medical schemes, retirement funds, and insurers to generate assessments.
The Auto Assessment process concluded on 12 July 2026 for specific taxpayers, based on data received from third parties such as employers, banks, medical schemes, retirement funds, and insurers.
Tax Practitioner Registration
Tax practitioners can register with SARS by ensuring their details match those on record. If there are discrepancies between information submitted by the Recognised Controlling Body (RCB) and what SARS has on file, practitioners must update their records via eFiling. For issues with multiple party IDs, practitioners must contact a SARS branch office to resolve them.
The document's recorded date is 12 July 2026. Confirm on the official source.
To prevent delays in the registration of tax practitioners, please update the information that SARS has on record when necessary and ensure what you provide to your RCB matches what is on the SARS system. This can be done on eFiling. As for the multiple party IDs, please engage with SARS branch office to ensure that there is only one-party ID on your profile.
