SARS Notice: Treatment of Defaulted Third-Party (AA88) Notices

Attention all taxpayers and employers! SARS has recently addressed technical issues affecting the Employer e@syFile system, which led to non-compliant status for many Employers due to missing Third-Party (AA88) appointments and default notices. To remedy the situation, fixes have been applied to the system, and SARS will only follow up on Employer non-compliances arising from 1 July 2023. If you received an AA88 notice before 1 May 2023 and haven’t acted on it, no worries, as it has been automatically cancelled. To learn more about these updates and how they impact you, read the full notice here: