With the small-business tax-amnesty deadline looming, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) will extend its office hours from Thursday, a Sars spokesperson said.
From Thursday, Sars branch offices will extend their operational hours until 6pm, Adrian Lackay said. Sars offices will also be open on Saturday, but only to receive tax-amnesty applications.
”Sars must reiterate that Saturday June 30 2007 is the deadline for amnesty applications and that no further extensions will be granted,” Lackay said.
The revenue service has so far received more than 300 000 applications, 60 000 of which were received after the first deadline of May 31, he said.
Lackay estimated that Sars has been receiving more or less 20 000 applications every week. Of all the submitted applications, not one has been turned down.
He said approval of applications will depend on the complexity of the business. ”We will have to assess if information supplied is correct and our system has to be reorganised in order to asses and verify information received.” — Sapa