Need tax return HELP? Where to find all SARS mobile tax units

The 2023 tax season kicked off last Friday (July 7 2023), and for South Africans who need tax return help, SARS has now deployed hundreds of mobile tax units around the country.

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SARS auto assessments, eFiling and MobiApp, these are just three ways the revenue service is attempting to speed up the income tax process in 2023. And, assuming you have a straightforward return, using one of these portals “shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to process your tax return”, says SARS.

TAX RETURN HELP

However, for many South Africans who do not have access to a computer for eFiling, mobile phone for the MobiApp or sufficient data to submit their tax return digitally, there is tax return help at hand.

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SARS has deployed hundreds of mobile tax units across the country to help educate and provide tax return help to South African taxpayers.

WHAT TAX RETURN HELP IS OFFERED?

SARS offers the completion and submission of income tax returns (ITR12) on the SARS MobiApp and/or eFiling. The Tax unit also offers assistance with general enquiries. For more information you can contact 0800 00 7277.

THESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS YOU MUST BRING

• Original identity document.
• IRP5.
• Medical aid certificate.
• Retirement annuity fund certificate.
• Travel logs.
• Your smart phone/tablet/laptop.

FIND A MOBILE TAX UNIT NEAR YOU

Here are all the locations and schedules for the SARS mobile tax units per province:

GAUTENG

• Roodepoort
• Soweto
• Doringkloof – Centurion
• Ashlea Gardens – Pretoria East
• Pretoria CBD
• Heidelberg Mall – Pop-up branch
• Carletonville Civic Centre
• Randfontein Local Economic Development
• Boiketlong Hall – Pop up branch
• Pretoria
• Bronkhorstspruit and Kwa-Mhlanga

EASTERN CAPE

• East London
• Port Elizabeth
• Mthatha

FREE STATE

• Bethlehem
• Welkom
• Kroonstad
• Bloemfontein

NORTHERN CAPE

• Kimberley
• Upington

NORTH WEST

Mmbatho

LIMPOPO

• Lephalale and Polokwane
• Mokwakwaila, Maruleng and Relela village

MPUMALANGA

• Bushbuckridge
• Elukwatini
• Ermelo
• Groblersdal
• eMkhondo
• Middelburg
• Secunda
• Siyabuswa
• Kamhlushwa and Schoemansdal
• Highveld Mall eMalhleni

KWA-ZULU NATAL

WESTERN CAPE

Original article by Ray Leathern.