New fields on SARS Forms
New fields in the EMP201, IRP6 and VAT201 forms
Tax Practitioner details
The Employer Monthly Declaration (EMP201), Return for payment of Provisional Tax (IRP6) and VAT Vendor Declaration (VAT201) returns have been updated to include fields for Tax Practitioners’ registration numbers and telephone numbers. These changes are effective from 2 December 2011.
Validations have been built into the Tax Practitioner registration number field and will ensure that only valid registration numbers will be accepted. Once the Tax Practitioner’s registration number is completed, the telephone number field becomes mandatory.
The introduction of the Tax Practitioner detail fields will identify the Tax Practitioner as well as provide a way for SARS to detect fraud and as such protect both taxpayers as well as Tax Practitioners.
New Turnover field on IRP6
A Turnover field has also been built into the IRP6 return but this field is not compulsory for individual taxpayers. When completing the Turnover field please take note of the following:
- The Turnover field figure is exclusive of VAT
- Other income sources e.g. Investment Income must not be included in this field
- No penalties will apply where turnover has been under estimated
Should you have any queries, please call the SARS Contact Centre on 0800 00 SARS (7277) or visit a SARS branch.
At this stage we are awaiting further information from SARS Efiling regarding the availability of these changes on the SARS Efiling Interface.
- e-Tax will be updated to incorporate the new Turnover Field for Provisional Tax
- The Tax practitioner number can be updated under e-Tax | Maintenance | Employee using the 'Other' tab
- The Efiling interface change can only be done after the Interface changes are applied by SARS Efiling.
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