E-filing a hit with taxpayers
The SA Revenue Service’s e-filing system went live at midnight on Wednesday.
SARS said in a statement as of Thursday 15:30, a total of 1 520 users accessed the e-filing service. The total includes 1 401 applications from individuals to register as users, 68 submissions of tax returns and 119 tax practitioners who registered as intermediaries.
Almost 800 (795) of the 1 401 applications from individuals were activated and approved as e-filing users.
SARS said these figures demonstrate the effectiveness of e-filing when it comes to turn around times for processing information.
Extending e-filing to individuals is one of the major service initiatives SARS is offering taxpayers during this year’s Filing Season campaign. The campaign reminds registered taxpayers to file their tax returns by the deadline of July 14 2006.
E-filing gives for the first time up to 2.7 million taxpayers who earn a basic salary of more than R60 000 a year or a basic salary with allowances the chance to submit their tax returns through the internet.
In these instances the taxpayer would be in possession of an IT 12S or IT 12SS income tax return from SARS.
Source: Fin24
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