2025 Tax season deadlines and auto-assessment processes and changes

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2025 Tax season deadlines

The 2025 filing season for individual taxpayers and trusts will open on 7 July 2025. The criteria and submission deadlines are indicated below:

Auto-assessments processes and changes

Who received an auto-assessment?

• Auto-assessments will be issued to taxpayers whose tax affairs are less complicated and based on third-party data received from employers, medical schemes, banks, retirement annuity funds and other institutions.
• From 7 July 2025 taxpayers who qualify for this year’s auto-assessment process can confirm whether they have been auto-assessed via the South African Revenue Services (SARS) Online Query Service functionality or by clicking here.

When will the auto-assessments been issued?

• Taxpayers will be informed via SMS or email if they were selected to receive an auto-assessment between 7 July 2025 and 20 July 2025.

What must I do when I receive an auto-assessment?

• Taxpayers who are auto-assessed are required to review their auto-assessment on eFiling. If the assessment is correct, then no further action is required from you.
• Any refunds with regards to an auto-assessment will be paid into your bank account within 72 hours from issue of the auto-assessment letter.
• Taxpayers who are auto-assessed, who owe money to SARS and who agree with the assessed amounts must make the required payment before the deadline as indicated on the auto-assessment (ITA34).
• Taxpayers who do not agree with their auto-assessment have until 20 October 2025 to submit an amended income tax return via eFiling.

Any queries regarding your auto-assessment or the status of your 2025 income tax return can be directed at tax@asl.co.za.