By Betha Madhomu
Cape Town – SARS has reported a successful start to the tax filing season, which began on Monday after a two-week pre-season auto assessment period.
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter provided an update on the first day’s progress during a media briefing in Cape Town on Tuesday.
“After the opening of Filing Season yesterday, 15 July 2024, 191 000 returns have been filed with 183 000 (9%) filed digitally through eFiling and MobiApp while 7 700 (3%) were filed through our Taxpayer Service Centres. Of which 90% were processed within 5 seconds,” Kieswetter said.
Media Statement: SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter’s address on Filing Season 2024
SARS Commissioner, Mr. Edward Kieswetter expresses, his sincere gratitude to all taxpayers who interacted with SARS over the past two weeks… https://t.co/Z3KEdoNeD0 pic.twitter.com/F0gEZaM3Mz
— SA Revenue Service (@sarstax) July 16, 2024
He emphasised SARS’s ongoing commitment to developing a tax and Customs system rooted in voluntary compliance through the integration of people, data, and technology.
“We continue to modernise our systems to provide a seamless, empowering, and enabling taxpayer experience,” he said.
“We aim to make the Filing Season a non-event.”
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