2026 Tax Season Opens: Experience the Power of Done
“The Power of Done starts with knowing when to act.” (SARS)
The 2026 Tax Season officially opens on 13 July 2026 for the 2025/2026 year of assessment, covering the period between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026.
During filing season, taxpayers must complete and submit their tax returns, declaring their income and deductions to allow SARS to determine their final tax liability for the period under assessment.
Dates to diarise
What’s new this filing season
- “The Power of Done”: This year SARS is inviting taxpayers to experience “The Power of Done”, a campaign that centres on Auto-Assessments. SARS says that if you agree with your auto-assessment, you don’t need to manually file a return or do anything else, truly experiencing “The Power of Done”.
- More prefilled data: More taxpayer information from third parties like employers, banks, medical schemes, insurers and retirement funds, is already pre-populated on returns, which means less time spent on capturing data and hopefully fewer mistakes.
- Stricter verification: SARS has upgraded its data-matching algorithms. So even if auto-assessed, make sure to double-check that all your data (like deductions and donations) is accurate.
- WhatsApp integration: Taxpayers can now receive their Notice of Assessment (ITA34) or Statement of Account (SOA), as well as securely upload supporting documents, directly via WhatsApp.
To be or not to be auto-assessed… Here’s what to do
Rely on our expertise for a hassle-free filing season
This is what we can do for you:
- Verify all SARS communications are legitimate to protect you from scams.
- Check that all taxpayer and banking details are correct and updated with SARS to facilitate refunds and to prevent identity theft and fraud.
- Claim every tax rebate available to you to avoid you paying more tax than required.
- Correctly prepare all required documentation early to avoid last-minute delays and to expedite a possible SARS verification or audit.
- Check auto-assessments to ensure these are correct before they are accepted.
- Ensure that your tax return submissions comply with current regulations.
- Meet all submission deadlines on your behalf to avoid penalties.
Our team of seasoned tax professionals is ready to make this filing season a doddle!
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