SARS Tax Calendar SARS calendar coverage that keeps every return filed and every status live
Every recurring obligation held with its owner, its deadline and the evidence of filing, so penalties never accrue from a missed date and compliance status never blocks a tender.
Compliance at a glance
What the SARS calendar covers
One calendar across the group
Every recurring return and payment across all entities on one calendar, with each obligation assigned to a named person rather than a shared inbox.
Filing and payment tracked separately
A return submitted on time and paid late still attracts interest. Dimeri holds the two as separate obligations with separate escalation.
Compliance status always current
Tax compliance status and its expiry tracked per entity, with outstanding items visible before a tender or licence application needs it.
Evidence retained against the period
Submission confirmations, payment proofs and working papers held by entity and period, so a query two years on has an answer already assembled.
SARS Tax Calendar compliance, covered by default
The foundational parts of tax compliance management are built in, including the returns calendar, owner assignment, filing evidence and compliance status tracking, so penalties never accrue from a missed date.
Multi-entity tax calendar
Every recurring return and payment across a group of entities on one calendar, with each obligation assigned to one accountable person.
Compliance status tracker
Tax compliance status and its expiry tracked per entity, with outstanding items visible before a tender or licence application needs it.
Filing and payment evidence
Submission confirmations, payment proofs and working papers retained against the period, so a SARS query two years on has an answer.
Named obligation owners
Each obligation assigned to a named person with reminders that reach them directly, not a shared inbox that assumes someone will act.
Query and dispute tracker
SARS queries, verifications, audits and objections logged with deadlines, owners and responses evidenced through every stage.
The obligations Dimeri tracks
Dimeri holds the calendar, the owner and the evidence of filing, rather than the calculation, which stays where it belongs.
Employees tax
Monthly EMP201 declarations and payments, and the interim and annual EMP501 reconciliations that produce employee certificates.
- Monthly declaration and payment dates tracked separately
- Reconciliation periods with their own lead time
- Certificate issue to employees evidenced
- Variances between declared and reconciled flagged
Value added tax
VAT201 returns on the assigned cycle, with payment, and the record keeping that supports input claims.
- Filing cycle recorded per registered entity
- Return and payment dates tracked separately
- Supporting records retained and indexed
- Refund and assessment queries logged
Provisional and annual income tax
IRP6 provisional returns during the year and the annual return after it, with the estimate basis recorded.
- Provisional periods with deadlines and owners
- Estimate basis and working papers retained
- Annual return filing tracked to submission
- Assessments received and checked against the return
Other recurring obligations
Dividends tax, skills development levy, unemployment insurance contributions and any sector specific returns.
- Applicable obligations identified per entity
- Frequency and deadline held per obligation
- Owners assigned rather than assumed
- Registration changes prompting calendar review
Tax compliance status
The compliance status required for tenders, certain licences and other commercial purposes, which depends on nothing being outstanding.
- Status tracked with its expiry
- Outstanding items visible before a tender needs it
- Renewal prompted ahead of known requirements
- Blocking items escalated rather than queued
Queries, disputes and record keeping
SARS queries, verifications, audits and objections, and the records that have to be retained to answer them.
- Queries logged with deadline and owner
- Responses evidenced with what was provided
- Objections and appeals tracked through their stages
- Retention periods applied per record type
Getting SARS Tax Calendar coverage in place
4 steps from where you are today to a SARS Tax Calendar position your auditor can rely on.
Book a demoRegistrations, VAT cycle, provisional status and any sector specific obligations are confirmed per entity. The calendar is only as good as this step.
How Dimeri covers SARS Tax Calendar
Filing and payment tracked apart
A return submitted on time and paid late still attracts interest. The two dates are held as separate obligations with separate escalation, because treating them as one deadline is a common and expensive habit.
Compliance status before it blocks something
Tax compliance status is usually needed at short notice for a tender or a licence. Tracking it, and what is outstanding against it, means the problem is solved before the deadline rather than during it.
Owners, not a finance inbox
Each obligation has one accountable person with reminders that reach them. Returns are missed when responsibility sits with a function rather than a name, particularly across a group of entities.
SARS Tax Calendar questions
Does Dimeri calculate or submit tax returns?
No. Calculation stays in your accounting or payroll system and submission happens on eFiling. Dimeri holds the obligation, the deadline, the owner and the evidence that it was filed and paid, which is the layer where compliance actually fails.
Which obligations apply to us?
It depends on registration, entity type, turnover and what the entity pays out. A VAT registered company with employees carries VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, provisional and annual income tax at minimum. Your tax advisers should confirm the full set and the assigned cycles, which Dimeri then holds as a calendar.
Why track filing and payment separately?
Because they are separate obligations with separate consequences. Interest and penalties under the Tax Administration Act attach to late payment independently of whether the return was submitted on time. Collapsing them into one deadline is how organisations end up compliant on paper and charged anyway.
Why does tax compliance status matter beyond tax?
It is required for a range of commercial and regulatory purposes including tenders and some licence applications. That means an outstanding return with no tax consequence at all can block a bid. Tracking what is outstanding against the status is therefore a commercial control, not just a tax one.
Is this a substitute for tax advice?
No. Deadlines, cycles and obligations depend on your registrations and change over time. Your tax advisers and SARS should confirm what applies, and Dimeri holds the resulting calendar.
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