How Do Taxpayers Feel About The Proposed New Filing Deadline?
By Nicci Courtney-Clarke · Updated
An email was sent out containing the following:
“SARS recently published a Draft Notice of who needs to file a tax return and when tax returns will be due for the 2018 tax season. SARS are planning to move the submission deadline 3 weeks earlier to 31st October 2018 for all non-provisional taxpayers.
SARS has asked that taxpayers and tax practitioners provide their comments on this change.
Do you support the change?”
TaxTim asked taxpayers to answer a with “Yes”, “No” or “It doesn’t bother me”
To date, the results are as follows:
Total Responses/Emails Open – 4 070/36 970
Yes: 2 415 (59.3%)
No: 1 158 (28.5%)
It doesn’t bother me: 497 (12.2%)
Total emails opened: 36 970
Total responses: 4 070
Response rate: 11,01%
TaxTim users are made up of taxpayers from across South Africa representing all income levels.
The following currently appears on the SARS website:
"(What are the deadlines?)The deadline for non-provisional taxpayers has been brought forward to allow more time for finalising audits before the year ends *
Channel |
Deadline |
Type of taxpayer |
| Manual - post or at SARS branch drop boxes | 21 September 2018 | Non-provisional and provisional |
| eFiling or electronic filing at SARS branch | 31 October 2018* | Non-provisional |
| eFiling | 31 January 2019 | Provisional |
*The proposed deadline of 31 October is based on the draft notice that was published on 9 May 2018. Public comment period on the draft notice closed on 23 May 2018. The comments received are being considered and a final notice will be issued by no later than 04 June."
