Once selected by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) for a tax auto-assessment and a refund is due to you, you can expect your refund to be paid out within 72 hours of the finalisation of your return. Should your refund be less than R100, then the refund is rolled over to the next tax year.   The tax auto-assessment process is when Sars receives data from third-party providers such as employers, medical schemes and retirement annuity funds. This information will be pre-populated...

SARS Issued the following dates for the 2024 Filing Season: Individual taxpayers (non-provisional): 15 July 2024 to 21 October 2024 Provisional taxpayers: 15 July 2024 to 20 January 2025 Trusts: 16 September 2024 to 20 January 2025