On 23 June 2023 SARS announced the start of the Filing Season 2023 on 7 July 2023 @ 8pm. Deadlines for filing are:⦁ Individual taxpayers (non-provisional): 23 October 2023⦁ Provisional taxpayers: 24 January 2024 Payment due dates for non-provisional eFilers will be adjusted as follows:⦁ Auto assessed taxpayers -due date 30 days post Filing Season 2023 …
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Notice 35 of 2023 issued on 11 June 2023 by CIPC announced that certain enquiry queues as from 11 July 2023 will be merged. Under the ‘Company Registrations’ category the following sub-categories will be merged into the new sub-category ‘Electronic company registration’: Under the ‘Company Amendments’ the following sub-categories will be merged into the new …
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CIPC Notice 40 was issued on 18 July 2023 announcing the release of enhancements to the Beneficial Ownership functionality which now includes the integrated upload capability of the securities/members register and/ or beneficial interest register where applicable. This functionality is applicable to entities (affected companies or non-affected companies) that have no beneficial ownership information to …
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On 21 July the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) issued a media release urging all companies and close corporations to submit their Annual Returns promptly. Compliance with this legal obligation is crucial to avoid deregistration. All companies, including external companies (non-profit, private, and public), and close corporations are required by the Companies Act (Act …
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New non-profit organisation regulations were issued on 11 May 2023. The regulations prescribe: Provisions from the GLA Act The General Laws (Anti-money Laundering and Combatting Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act will, from 1 April 2023, set out grounds for disqualification from being an office-bearer of a registered nonprofit organisation, including, amongst others, being convicted under the …
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Due to scheduled system maintenance on all CIPC systems, no applications/services will be available during the following period: START: Friday, 19 May 2023 – 16h00END: Monday, 22 May 2023 – 07h00 You can read Notice 27 here.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) received numerous complaints that CIPC documents (web disclosures, confirmation letters, and registration certificates) when presented to other institutions, are not always accepted. Notice 26 was issued on 8 May 2023 addressing these concerns. A full disclosure certificate can be obtained via the CIPC website, at the cost of …
SARS updated the bulk and additional payments on eFiling from 8 May 2023. The Payment Reference Number (PRN) that comes through admin penalty for the bulk payment will be rejected if it is processed incorrectly – You can read the updated guide to Bulk and additional payments on eFiling here.
The SARS Third-Party Data Annual Submissions for the 2023 financial year will close on 31 May 2023. On 8 May 2023, SARS received only 35% of the expected submissions for this period. SARS urges taxpayers to make ahead of the due date to avoid last-minute challenges and potential delays. For more information, refer to …
The deadline for the third-Party Data Annual Submissions is fast approaching Read More »
SARS released e@syFile version 7.3.4 on 8 May 2023, including an updated SARS Letter template for audit letters BEPAYE06 and BEPAYE07 in the Notification Centre. You can read the latest release notes here.
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