Vat 201 Form Download Sars

Over the past three years, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has been. As announced last year, SARS will be making changes to the VAT201 form. One of the aspects of compliance that SARS wishes to address is the declaration and payment of Value-Added Tax (VAT). During 2010 SARS announced that certain changes will be made to the VAT Vendor Declaration Form (VAT201 Declaration) aimed.

VAT201 eFiling user guide for Value-Added Tax CONTENTS 1. Windows 7 x64 iso. INTRODUCTION........2 2.

REGISTERING FOR VAT.......2 3. REQUESTING VENDOR DECLARATION......5 4. COMPLETING THE VENDOR DECLARATION.....8 5. SUBMITTING THE VAT201 DECLARATION FOR A SPECIFIC TAX PERIOD...18 6. Black white 2 patch 14 download free. MAKING PAYMENT........20 7. MAKING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS......24 8. REQUEST FOR CORRECTION.......25 9.

SUBMITTING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS......28 10. VIEWING HISTORIC DECLARATIONS......32 11. REQUESTING STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT (VATSA).....32 1. INTRODUCTION Since 2007, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has been modernising and simplifying tax processes in line with international best practice. Improvements are being made continuously as we aim to better our service standards and increase efficiency and compliance. One of the aspects of compliance that SARS wishes to address is the declaration and payment of Value-Added Tax (VAT).

During 2010 SARS announced that certain changes will be made to the VAT Vendor Declaration Form (VAT201 Declaration) aimed not only at improving systems processing but also at addressing SARS’s efficiency regarding risk assessment and tax compliance. The following changes apply effective April 2011: • A new VAT201 Declaration form in landscape format has been introduced. It contains the same fields as the previous VAT201 form but with the following additional fields: ◆◆ Demographic information ◆◆ The declarant’s signature ◆◆ A Payment Reference Number (PRN) which will be pre-populated by SARS will replace the previous “reference number” This guide is designed to help you complete your VAT201 Declaration accurately and honestly. Note: The words declaration and return are used interchangeably in the document but both refer to the VAT201 Declaration. REGISTERING FOR VAT A vendor has to be registered as an eFiler to be able to register for VAT on eFiling. • This will apply to: ◆◆ Individuals ◆◆ Tax practitioners ◆◆ Organisations (e.g. Companies, Close Corporations, Trusts and Exempt Institutions) To register for VAT on eFiling follow the steps below: Step 1 Navigate to www.sarsefiling.co.za Click on LOGIN Log in with your Log in name and Password 2 Step 2 Company Company, A ACompany123 Company 2001/123456/12 Once logged into eFiling, select “Organisation Tax Types” from the side menu options under ORGANISATION.

Step 3 Company Tick the “VAT201” box to register for VAT, and fill in your VAT Reference Number and the Tax Office in the space provided. Note: Please note that once the vendor has registered for VAT on eFiling, no debit order payments will be allowed. EFiling user guide for Value-Added Tax 3 Step 4 Company The following messages will appear on the screen: “Tax Types successfully updated” and “Awaiting User Activation” Step 5 The information provided will go through a validation process and SARS will activate the user account and the status will be updated to “Return Successfully Activated” 4 3. REQUESTING VENDOR DECLARATION Note: A vendor will be able to request the VAT201 Declaration immediately after the VAT201 tax type has successfully been activated.