Activation of SAICA Tax Practitioner Status: Registration as Tax Practitioner is a dual process. Therefore you are required to provide SAICA with your SARS’ Tax Practitioner number after SAICA confirms successful submission of your details on SARS’ e-filing. Failure to provide SAICA with your SARS’ Tax Practitioner number will mean your application will be considered incomplete and therefore it may be rejected for that very reason.
Annual Tax Practitioner Fee: SAICA levies an annual tax practitioner fee due on 1 January of each calendar year. The fee schedule is available on our website. This fee is required regardless of when you are approved as a tax practitioner with SAICA as the Recognised Controlling Body (RCB). Failure to pay this fee may result in SAICA removing itself as your RCB on SARS' e-filing, which would mean you may not practice as a tax practitioner while not linked on e-filing with any other RCB.
Designation Member Fee: You are also required to pay your designation member fee, i.e. the annual membership subscription fee for the CA, AGA, AT designations, in addition the Annual Tax Practitioner Fee. Please note that SAICA reserves the right to delink you if either the designation member fee or the tax practitioner fee is not paid.
Consequences of Non-Payment: In cases of non-payment of the tax practitioner annual fee, SAICA will deactivate your tax practitioner status, update SARS’s e-filing accordingly, and may share your details with SARS and publish them on the SAICA Website.
Termination of Membership/Associateship: If your membership or associateship is terminated for any reason, you will be removed as a tax practitioner with SAICA as the RCB, and SARS’s e-filing will be updated accordingly.
No Prorated Refunds: The tax practitioner annual fee payable with this application is only for the period ending 31 December, irrespective of when your application is received. If you apply on or after 1 July, a 50% discount will be applied to the tax practitioner annual fee. However, please note that there are no pro-rata refunds, and any arrears must always be paid.
Deactivation Requests: If you wish to deactivate your tax practitioner status, you must notify SAICA in writing or via the Member Portal by 31 January of the applicable year. Applications received after this date will not be accepted if the tax annual practitioner fee is still outstanding.
No Refunds after Deactivation by SARS: If SARS instructs SAICA to deactivate your tax practitioner status on or after 1 February, no refund is applicable. The tax practitioner annual fee remains payable to SAICA if no payment was received.
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