FISA received communications from SARS on various topics.
- SARS issued a reminder in respect of the final deadline for provisional and non-provisional trust tax return (ITR12T) submissions. Read more.
- SARS held a workshop related to the business requirement specifications (BRS) for: AEOI (CRS & FACTA) and CARF on 10 December 2025. The initial deadline to provide feedback was Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Read below.
Dear Valued Stakeholder
Based on the discussions during the SARS Workshop hosted on 10 December, the relevant authors of the BRS documents for AEOI (CRS & FATCA) and CARF agreed to extend the timeframe for participants to provide feedback in relation to the attached documents.
The deadline for providing feedback on these documents has now been extended to Tuesday, 13 January 2026.
Send feedback on the BRS related to AEOI (CRS & FACTA) to Derek Van Rhyn (DVanRhyn@sars.gov.za) and Karin Smit (krsmit@sars.gov.za)
Send feedback on the BRS related to CARF to Sugen Archary (sarchary@sars.gov.za) and Karin Smit (krsmit@sars.gov.za)
With warm regards
Karin Smit
SARS Specialist | Corporate & Professional Bodies
The deadline has now been extended to 21 January 2026. Read below.
Dear Valued Stakeholders
With reference to the enclosed email train and given the request received from several entities, the proposed feedback date will now be Wednesday, 21 January 2026
With warm regards
Karin Smit
SARS Specialist | Corporate & Professional Bodies