Need a tax number, an eFiling profile or a VAT, PAYE or UIF registration? We get individuals, sole proprietors and companies registered with SARS correctly the first time — no branch queues, no bounced applications, anywhere in South Africa.
Registration is the first step in a relationship with SARS that lasts as long as you earn. We make sure it starts cleanly.
Starting your first job, freelancing, earning rental income or simply asked for a tax number by a bank or bursary? We register you for income tax.
New companies get a tax number automatically from CIPC — but still need a registered representative and an active eFiling profile before anything can be filed.
Registration, tax-type activation, linking a practitioner, recovering a locked profile — eFiling is where everything happens, and we know it inside out.
Compulsory above R2.3 million in taxable supplies, voluntary above R120 000. We prepare the application and handle SARS's questions.
Employing staff — even one domestic worker — means registering as an employer with SARS and the UIF. We do both.
Changed your bank details or address? Two tax numbers by mistake? A profile held by an old accountant? We tidy it up.
Anyone who earns income in South Africa should be registered for income tax, and in practice almost everyone is asked for a tax number at some point — by an employer, a bank, a medical aid, a bursary office or a client who wants to pay you. Companies are registered the moment CIPC incorporates them. Registration itself costs nothing at SARS; the cost of getting it wrong, or leaving it too late, is what adds up.
There are several routes to an income tax reference number:
Common problems are being told you are "already registered" (usually by an old employer years ago — SARS can retrieve the number), identity verification failing because your details do not match Home Affairs, and bank details that SARS cannot validate. We deal with all of these for clients every week.
When CIPC registers a company, it sends the details to SARS and an income tax number is issued automatically — you will see it on your CIPC documents or on the SARS system. What is not automatic is everything that makes the number usable: SARS requires a registered representative (usually a director) to be appointed and verified, the company's eFiling profile must be registered and the income tax and provisional tax types activated, and the company's contact and bank details must be captured. Until that is done, nobody can file the company's returns or request its tax clearance. We complete the full SARS set-up for every company we register — and for companies that were registered elsewhere and never finished the job.
| Registration | When it is required | Where |
|---|---|---|
| VAT | Compulsory once taxable supplies exceed R2.3 million in 12 months; voluntary above R120 000 | SARS eFiling |
| PAYE | Within 21 business days of employing anyone who earns above the tax threshold | SARS eFiling |
| UIF (SARS) | With PAYE, for contributions declared on the EMP201 | SARS eFiling |
| UIF (Labour) | Every employer with staff working more than 24 hours a month — including domestic employers | Department of Employment and Labour (uFiling) |
| SDL | Once your annual payroll exceeds R500 000 | SARS eFiling |
Each registration has its own documents and its own deadline. We register you for what you need — and only what you need — and set up the returns that follow. Read more on our VAT and payroll pages.
SARS eFiling is where returns are filed, payments are made, letters arrive and compliance is checked, so a working profile matters. We register new profiles, activate the right tax types, link ourselves as your tax practitioner so we can file on your behalf, and sort out the usual headaches: forgotten passwords and security contact details, profiles locked after too many attempts, or an old accountant's profile that still "owns" your tax number.
If you trade in your own name you do not register the business separately — your personal tax number covers it. What changes is that you become a provisional taxpayer and must file IRP6 estimates twice a year, keep proper records and, above the thresholds, register for VAT or PAYE. We register you for provisional tax, set up the bookkeeping and keep you compliant from the first invoice.
Registration is free at SARS. You will never pay SARS to get a tax number. What you pay us for is doing it quickly and correctly, and for being the people who answer when SARS has a question.
The thresholds and timelines that decide what you need to register for.
SARS does not charge for registration. Beware of anyone who says otherwise.
Issued by SARS when CIPC registers the company; eFiling and the registered representative still need to be set up.
From the date you first employ someone who is liable for tax.
Taxable supplies in any 12-month period, from 1 April 2026. Voluntary from R120 000.
Skills Development Levy of 1% applies once your annual remuneration bill passes R500 000.
Any employee working more than 24 hours a month must be registered and declared — domestic workers included.
Not sure what you need to be registered for? Send us a WhatsApp and we'll tell you — it's a quick check.
Check what I need to register forYou send the documents; we deal with SARS.
A copy of your ID (or company documents), proof of address and bank details — by WhatsApp or email.
We lodge the registration on eFiling or with SARS directly, respond to verification requests and chase it until the number or tax type is active.
You receive your tax number and eFiling access, we are linked as your practitioner if you wish, and the right returns are on our calendar.
Only once they earn income — but banks, universities and bursary schemes often ask for one anyway. Registration is quick and there is no harm in having a number before it is needed.
A straightforward individual registration on eFiling can be completed within a day or two once identity is verified. VAT and PAYE registrations take longer — typically a few days to a few weeks, depending on whether SARS asks for further documents.
Yes. You register with your passport and, where applicable, your work permit or visa. The same income tax rules apply to income earned in South Africa.
SARS can retrieve it for you via the SARS Online Query System, the MobiApp or a branch, using your ID number. Many people were registered by a previous employer without realising it. We can check for you.
Yes. SARS registration is done online, and we register clients throughout Gauteng, in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and across South Africa.
We help you regain control of your tax number — either by transferring the profile or by registering a new one and having SARS link your number to it — and then take over as your registered tax practitioner.
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