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Individuals or entities may apply to register, obtain a license, or get accredited with the South African Revenue Service for various Customs and Excise-related client types, such as importers, exporters, customs clearing agents, storage warehouses, and manufacturers of excisable goods. This includes processes for initial application, renewal, amendment, relocation, suspension, cancellation, and reinstatement.
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.
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 South African Revenue Service is inviting stakeholders such as businesses, software developers, and public-finance entities to provide input on its proposed digital VAT model. This feedback will help shape a modern, transparent, and efficient VAT administration system in South Africa.
All travellers entering or leaving South Africa must complete the TD-01 form to declare personal details, goods, and currency. The form must be filled out in English using capital letters and a black or blue pen. It includes sections for traveller details, travel information, goods and currency declarations, and physical address in South Africa. Parents or guardians must assist minors in completing the form. Each traveller must sign the form they completed.
Tourists, foreign diplomats, foreign enterprises, and non-residents can claim a refund of 15% VAT paid on goods purchased in South Africa, provided the goods are exported within 90 days of the tax invoice and through one of the 43 designated commercial ports.
Farming enterprises may import certain goods exempt from VAT if those goods are used in farming and meet the conditions set out in Part A of Schedule 2 to the VAT Act.
Farming vendors can acquire certain goods such as animal feed, animal remedy, fertilizer, pesticide, and plants and seeds used for cultivation at the zero rate, provided they meet specific requirements including SARS authorisation, valid registration, and proper invoicing.
Farming vendors whose sole activities are agricultural, pastoral, or farming and whose turnover from all farming activities does not exceed R1.5 million over any consecutive 12-month period may register under the Category D (6-monthly) tax period.
The general and EU-specific rates of duty on certain products classified under Chapter 57 have been reduced, effective 20 February 2004.
A full duty rebate is available for specific leather products listed under item 392.00 in Schedule No. 3, provided they meet the criteria set out in the notice.
An anti-dumping duty has been imposed on certain gypsum products imported from Thailand, specifically those produced by Gypsum Industry Co Ltd (SGI) and other Thai suppliers, to protect local industry from unfairly priced imports.
