How to Get My Tax Number in South Africa?
Taxpayer reference numbers are allocated to a person obliged to register as a taxpayer or does so voluntarily.
How do I get a tax ID number in South Africa?
The South African Tax Identification number is only issued by the South African Revenue Service and can be found on all Taxpayer specific correspondence addressed to the Taxpayer.
What is a tax number in South Africa?
The South African Tax Identification number is only issued by the South African Revenue Service and can be found on all Taxpayer specific correspondence addressed to the Taxpayer.
How do I send an email to SARS?
Below are the ways to contact SARS for any enquiries:
- Call our SARS Contact Centre on 0800 00 7277 between 09:00 to 16:30
- International Callers may contact our SARS Contact Centre on +27 11 602 2093 between 09:00 to 16:30 South African local time
- Email deferred arrangements, debt queries, payment requests and correspondence to contactus@sars.gov.za.
- Email business rescues and compromises in terms of section 155 of the Companies Act correspondence or notices to sarsdebtmanagement2@sars.gov.za.
Is a tax number compulsory in South Africa?
No, SARS does not require a person to have a tax number when they are employed for the first time. We provide a variety of easy processes to register your employees for Income Tax, which do not require them to visit a SARS branch.
The alternative processes for employers to register their employees are:
- SARS e@syFile™ Employer (“Individual ITREG”) using Employee Registration; or
- Bundled registration (“Bundled ITREG”) available on e@syFile™ Employer allowing you to register up to 100 employees at a time but limited to 1 000 employees per month.
- When registered as an organisation, employers can register individual employees on eFiling. When registered as a tax practitioner a file upload option is available in Excel or CSV file format on eFiling.
