Hi everyone,
I want to find out if other South Africans, who emigrated from South Africa in the middle of a tax year, experienced trouble submitting their taxes (presumably your last tax return).
When I open the eFiling wizard, I get the Form Wizard for Non-Resident, but no employer, investments and other related information. From March 2025 - August 2025, I was a SA tax resident and worked a job till the day before leaving ZAF. After obtaining documentation proving my tax residency in Canada, I submitted my RAV01 together with other documents. SARS sent back a letter confirming that I am no longer a SA tax resident.
Interestingly, when I use the "3rd Party Certificate Search" feature, I can find my employment, medical aid, banking data, and other certificates that were issued in the 2026 tax year. I suspect what could be happening here is the Non-Resident Wizard cannot load the information SARS already has about me because my tax residency status changed in the middle of the tax year. This most likely means I that I need to fill everything out manually. I have submitted an online query to SARS about this issue.
For the cynical folk, I know that many expats don't bother sorting out their tax affairs in South Africa. I still want to take care of this so I don't face unexpected surprises. I am a law abiding citizen after all. I know that I could call a tax practitioner who can probably sort all of this out for me, but, I am too frugal for such things.
I want to know if others who left ZAF also faced the same troubles with the eFiling site.
I want to find out if other South Africans, who emigrated from South Africa in the middle of a tax year, experienced trouble submitting their taxes (presumably your last tax return).
When I open the eFiling wizard, I get the Form Wizard for Non-Resident, but no employer, investments and other related information. From March 2025 - August 2025, I was a SA tax resident and worked a job till the day before leaving ZAF. After obtaining documentation proving my tax residency in Canada, I submitted my RAV01 together with other documents. SARS sent back a letter confirming that I am no longer a SA tax resident.
Interestingly, when I use the "3rd Party Certificate Search" feature, I can find my employment, medical aid, banking data, and other certificates that were issued in the 2026 tax year. I suspect what could be happening here is the Non-Resident Wizard cannot load the information SARS already has about me because my tax residency status changed in the middle of the tax year. This most likely means I that I need to fill everything out manually. I have submitted an online query to SARS about this issue.
For the cynical folk, I know that many expats don't bother sorting out their tax affairs in South Africa. I still want to take care of this so I don't face unexpected surprises. I am a law abiding citizen after all. I know that I could call a tax practitioner who can probably sort all of this out for me, but, I am too frugal for such things.
I want to know if others who left ZAF also faced the same troubles with the eFiling site.
