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Tax Season | The real price of not filing your tax return in South Africa | SA News

The 2025 tax season is in full swing, but many South Africans are still not filing their returns, unaware that this could lead to mounting penalties and legal trouble.

The tax season officially began on Monday, July 7 2025, with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) setting deadlines for different categories of taxpayers.

According to the revenue collector, individual taxpayers must file their returns by October 20, 2025. Provisional taxpayers, meanwhile, have until January 19, 2026 to submit.

“Taxpayers who do not receive notifications from SARS that they are automatically assessed are encouraged to submit their tax returns in a timely and accurate manner from July 21, 2025,” SARS…

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