Tax Practitioners Registration Process 2024-2025 | All you need to know
We are pleased to inform you about Tax Practitioners Registration 2024-2025 | read full details below
TAX PRACTITIONER REGISTRATION PROCESS
Tax practitioners will not be able to register using a manual process any longer and are only allowed to register electronically on eFiling.
In order to register as a tax Practitioner:
- You must have an active tax reference number;
- Your name must reflect on the Taxpayer list, and
- You must be an Individual.
Tax practitioners will be able to check their status by contacting the SARS Call Centre on 0800 00 7277 or at the nearest SARS branch.
Top tip: Once a tax practitioner register with SARS they need to inform their controlling body to submit their details to SARS in order to finalise the registration process. Keep in mind that the Registered Controlling Bodies (RCB’s) will not automatically send the information without the tax practitioner having to inform the RCB.
TAX PRACTITIONER REGISTRATION PROCESS VIA eFILING
Navigate to www.sarsefiling.co.za and click on the “Login” button
On the Organisation profile, ensure that the correct taxpayer is selected from the taxpayer list in the event of registering an individual as a tax practitioner.
The Tax Practitioner Registration screen will be displayed to inform you that the functionality has moved to the “Maintain SARS Registered Details” menu on eFiling. Click “Continue” to proceed.
If you are not an individual, and wish to register as a tax practitioner, the following error will be displayed:
Ensure that all registered details are correct before continuing to the tax practitioner section.
Depending on your selection above, the WRAV01 form will be displayed:
- Registration Status – Registered or Unregistered
- Registration Number
- Appointment Date (CCYYMMDD) – indicates the date the tax practitioner was officially registered as a tax practitioner.
- Controlling Body
- Deactivate Registration
Tax Practitioners that have not registered with a Recognised Controlling Body (RCB) or that have registered with the RCB but the RCB has not submitted the information to SARS; will be able to select one RCB from a list of 11 Recognised Controlling Bodies. This information will be submitted to SARS but it does not mean that the tax practitioner is registered with the RCB as well. The tax practitioner still needs to register with the RCB.
Top tip: The tax practitioner’s status will only reflect as “Registered” on SARS systems once the RCB and the practitioner have successfully submitted information to SARS and the details match.
Click the “Ok” button to continue or “Cancel” to go back to the form. The screen below is only an example of the Controlling Bodies screen that will be displayed in the instance where a tax practitioner is registered with more than one RCB and the RCB has submitted all relevant information to SARS.
After you have selected the Controlling Body, select the “Done” button on the RAV01 page to proceed.
The Controlling Body information will be populated onto the form.
HISTORY
DEACTIVATE REGISTRATION OF TAX PRACTITIONER ON eFILING
A warning message will be displayed to ensure that you want to deactivate the registration.
Select “Ok” to continue or “Cancel” if you do not want to deactivate the registration. If you click “Ok”, the tick box will be selected.
You will receive a Deregistration notice, that you can view by following the steps in the section below “Tax Practitioner Notices”.
Note: If you select to deactivate your registration, you will not be able to assist any taxpayer in your capacity as a registered tax practitioner. You will still be allowed to act as a representative on behalf of others provided the service is not for payment.