The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says that it will be tightening its VAT registration processes after it detected an “unusually high number of suspicious VAT registrations”. SARS said it ...

SARS gets going with VAT modernisation By Nicola Mawson, Contributing journalistJohannesburg, 25 Sept 2025The SARS VAT system has not been substantially upgraded in over a decade. Two years after the ...

All applicants are now required to submit documents in person. Appointments will also have to be pre-booked on the SARS website. Some tax experts say the new rules are archaic and will hurt small ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has committed itself to paying VAT refunds to qualifying taxpayers as and when they become due; however, there are bad-faith actors trying to play the system.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has initiated the process of digitising its value-added tax (VAT) collection system. This, after SARS last week published a discussion paper on VAT ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has confirmed that the planned 0.5% increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate, initially scheduled for May 1, 2025, will not proceed. This decision follows a ...

While South Africa has been shaking its head at Trump’s whiplash tariff announcements, we seem to be watching a similar scene roll out locally with the controversial VAT increase. The latest news is, ...

SARS has published a discussion paper on its intended modernisation of the VAT collection system which will ultimately make VAT reporting faster and more transparent. In this article, Joon Chong, ...

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Thursday it is imposing stricter conditions on those seeking to register as VAT vendors ...