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Hoping someone has some ideas on this. I'm helping (trying) someone pay their SARS efiling assessment amount.
They tried the method where you request the payment on the efiling website and then look for it under the mybills section of standard bank internet banking website, but the payment request never came even a week after submitting the request through efiling.
Then I suggested they try to rather just do it via normal EFT payment. I found this information https://www.sars.gov.za/individuals/how-do-i-pay/make-a-payment/ which says:
"Payment may be made via the internet banking facilities by simply using the standard drop-down listing of pre-loaded beneficiary IDs provided by the bank. All SARS beneficiary IDs are prefixed with the naming convention “SARS- ”. All internet payments must be correctly referenced to ensure that SARS is able to identify your payment and correctly allocate it to your account. You will not be able to make a payment if your reference is incorrect. The following banks support this method:ABSA, AlBaraka, Access Bank (previously Grobank), Capitec, Discovery Bank, FNB, Grindrod Bank, HSBC, Investec, JP Morgan, Mercantile Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank."
They bank with standard bank, using the android app, they go to pay -> business directory and search for SARS. I told them to choose the option for "SARS-ITA-ASSESSED TAX" because that sounds like the correct option to me.
This is where it all goes wrong. They try to fill in the "their reference" section, and have tried their tax number and the PRN number and with either of those numbers entered, the field goes red and it will not accept the reference number.
What reference number are you supposed to use when paying via EFT? The website helpfully says "correctly referenced" well yes, but what should the reference be?
Any advice appreciated.
They tried the method where you request the payment on the efiling website and then look for it under the mybills section of standard bank internet banking website, but the payment request never came even a week after submitting the request through efiling.
Then I suggested they try to rather just do it via normal EFT payment. I found this information https://www.sars.gov.za/individuals/how-do-i-pay/make-a-payment/ which says:
"Payment may be made via the internet banking facilities by simply using the standard drop-down listing of pre-loaded beneficiary IDs provided by the bank. All SARS beneficiary IDs are prefixed with the naming convention “SARS- ”. All internet payments must be correctly referenced to ensure that SARS is able to identify your payment and correctly allocate it to your account. You will not be able to make a payment if your reference is incorrect. The following banks support this method:ABSA, AlBaraka, Access Bank (previously Grobank), Capitec, Discovery Bank, FNB, Grindrod Bank, HSBC, Investec, JP Morgan, Mercantile Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank."
They bank with standard bank, using the android app, they go to pay -> business directory and search for SARS. I told them to choose the option for "SARS-ITA-ASSESSED TAX" because that sounds like the correct option to me.
This is where it all goes wrong. They try to fill in the "their reference" section, and have tried their tax number and the PRN number and with either of those numbers entered, the field goes red and it will not accept the reference number.
What reference number are you supposed to use when paying via EFT? The website helpfully says "correctly referenced" well yes, but what should the reference be?
Any advice appreciated.
