SARS and eFiling Basics

Every working South African deals with SARS sooner or later. Tax is taken from your first payslip, your employer gives you an IRP5 certificate every year, and at some point you may need to file a tax return, check an assessment or claim a refund. In many jobs you will also see VAT on invoices and till slips every day. Yet most school leavers have never been taught how any of this works, and scammers take advantage of that. This course explains, in plain language, why we pay tax and how income tax works, how to get a tax number and register on SARS eFiling, how PAYE and UIF appear on your payslip, how to read and check your IRP5, who must file a return and how to do it, what happens after you file, how to stay safe from SARS scams, and how VAT works for consumers and businesses. The course teaches general principles, not personal tax advice. Tax figures and dates change every year, so the course shows you which year each figure applies to and where to check the current one. It is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.