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The first provisional tax deadline is approaching, and missing it comes at a cost. If you are a provisional taxpayer, one date should be circled on your calendar right now. Monday, 31 August 2026, is the deadline for your first provisional tax payment for the 2027 tax year. It arrives quietly, but the penalties for missing it do not. What this payment is Provisional tax is not an extra tax on top of income tax. It is simply a way of paying your income tax in advance, spread a

Every July, thousands of South African taxpayers receive a message from SARS that catches them slightly off guard. It is the auto-assessment, and while it is designed to make your life easier, it pays to know exactly what it means before you let it sail past. What is an auto-assessment? An auto-assessment is SARS doing the first leg of the work for you. Using information gathered from third parties such as your employer, your bank, medical schemes, and retirement fund adminis

The 2026 SARS tax season opens on 13 July 2026. SARS has confirmed the full filing calendar. Auto-assessment notifications are issued between 1 July and 12 July 2026. Non-provisional individual taxpayers can file from 13 July to 23 October 2026. Provisional taxpayers and trusts have from 13 July 2026 to 22 January 2027. The 2026 tax season covers income earned from 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026. If you want a smooth filing season, the work starts now. The taxpayers who fil