The South African Revenue Service (SARS) recently introduced certain changes and improvements to its current dispute management process. Any taxpayer who is aggrieved by any assessment may request SARS to provide those reasons for the assessment sufficient to enable the taxpayer to formulate an objection. For the first time, taxpayers will be able to make such a request for reasons for an assessment electronically via eFiling or at any SARS branch. This automated functionality will be available for personal income tax (PIT), corporate income tax (CIT) and value-added tax (VAT). Where a valid request for reasons has been identified by […]