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SARS Extends Tax Filing Deadline,
by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London
Monday, November 17, 2008
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced relief for taxpayers struggling
to meet the manual submission deadline for income tax returns with a two week
extension of the deadline and additional time for those who submit electronically
via branches of the tax office.
The new deadline for submission of a manual return via post or drop-off at
a branch is December 5, 2008. Taxpayers submitting their returns electronically
have until January 23, 2009.
The decision to extend the period for manual submission was made in light of
the two week extension granted at the end of August 2008 to employers to meet
their pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) reconciliation obligations. The two week extension was in response
to requests by employers for additional time and effectively delayed the start
of tax season for individuals by two weeks.
It also takes into account that taxpayers were required to order a customised
income tax return for the first time this year. A number of taxpayers have realised
too late that the Income Tax Return Request form mailed to them in August
was a request for a return and not the income tax return itself, the tax office
said.
SARS reassured taxpayers who have yet to receive a manual return for completion
that it will apply its discretion in terms of the imposition of penalties. Where
the delay in issuing of the return is beyond the control of the taxpayer (e.g.
due to delays with their employer’s PAYE reconciliation or due to delays
in processing their request for return) SARS said that the taxpayer will be
given "reasonable time to submit the return without prejudice." However,
where taxpayers have waited until the last minute to request and submit a return
manually, SARS warned that "less leniency will be shown."
SARS implemented the first phase of the personal income tax return reform programme
in 2007 with changes to the tax return process. Under these reforms,
the tax return was redesigned, simplified and reduced to 2 pages and the requirement
for the submission of supporting documents was dropped. The changes for 2008
focussed on employer tax returns.
The ultimate aim for SARS with these reforms is to present the majority of
individual taxpayers with a pre-populated tax return, thus vastly simplifying
the tax return process.
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