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How to Register as a Taxpayer

Contact the nearest SARS office in your area and ask for form IT77. Fill it in and send it back to the SARS. Instead of completing the form, you could send the

following information to the SARS and they will complete the form:

  • Your full name
  • Income tax reference number, if you have one
  • The revenue office you have sent tax returns to before, if you have
  • Your occupation or job
  • Date when you first started working
  • Marital status (married, divorced, separated, single, widowed)
  • Number of children under the age of 18 (including step-children and adopted children)
  • Type of income: do you earn a salary, a weekly wage, commissions, rental on something you rent out, interest on money in the bank or investments, etc.
  • Immigrants should give the date of arrival in South Africa

The person, CC or company who registers like this is called a provisional tax payer.