By making compliance administratively feasible, Sars stands to bring a substantial cohort back into the system, improve data ...

There’s also the question of communication. Many affected taxpayers do not know that this option now exists. SARS would benefit from proactive outreach through tax practitioners, emigration advisors, ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have warned SARS eFiling users about significant threats arising from escalating cybersecurity risks. The OTO said it has ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud has released a report (PDF) this week on its investigations into allegations of eFiling profile hijacking happening in South Africa, revealing key details about how eFiling ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) has released a draft report recommending several interventions to prevent taxpayers from having their South African Revenue Service (SARS) eFiling profiles hijacked.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned taxpayers about the growing threat of cyber criminals hijacking SARS eFiling profiles, resulting in significant financial losses. Both SARS and the ...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have jointly expressed concern over a recent article published by the Sowetan, which reported a surge in hijacked Sars ...

The Office of the Tax Ombudsman (OTO) is investigating 16,000 South African Revenue Service (Sars) e-filing profile hijackings that has seen taxpayers lose their tax refunds to cyberfraud criminals.

South African taxpayers and tax practitioners are increasingly presented with the challenge of eFiling profile hijacking, says the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO). This, as fraudsters exploit ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have raised serious concerns over rising cybercrime targeting taxpayer eFiling profiles. This follows a Sowetan report ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud published the draft report on alleged eFiling Profile Hijacking for public comment on Wednesday. The report shows that eFiling hijacking is most prevalent among tax ...

The Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) has not made specific findings regarding insider involvement by South African Revenue Service (Sars) officials in eFiling profile hijackings – but it did find ...