Legal and Policy - 30 January 2025

SARS

• 23 January 2025 – This message serves as a reminder to all Customs clients who are deferment account holders to kindly adhere to the 13th deferment payment requirements, which becomes due by end of the financial year, 31 March 2025.

For more information, see the letter to stakeholders.

• 27 January 2024 – SARS is preparing to implement enhancements to the Tax Directives process as indicated in the IBIR-006 Tax Directives Interface Specification Version 6.708. We strongly recommend that you review IBIR-006 before proceeding with testing.

The trade testing dates are still to be confirmed, but the software is scheduled for implementation in April 2025. SARS will send you the exact dates for trade testing and the implementation date closer to the time.

• 27 January 2025 – The state provides state warehouses for the safekeeping of goods. These are managed by Customs. The purpose of this list of unentered goods is to notify the importer, exporter and any other person that has interest in the goods that the goods have been taken up into the State warehouse and if they remain unentered they will be disposed in accordance with the provisions of the Customs & Excise Act.

See the latest Customs Weekly List of Unentered Goods here.

• 28 January 2025 – SARS invites you to tender for the goods and/or services as detailed in RFP30/2024.

NATIONAL TREASURY

• Media Advisory: Accreditation Open for the February G20 FMCBG Meetings – 27 January 2025
• Media Advisory: 2025 Budget Lockup Registration – 28 January 2025
• Media Advisory: 2025 Budget Tips – 28 January 2025

ATAF

• Impact story: Boosting Zambia’s mining revenue through tax audits, Transfer Pricing legislation and license valuation – 24 January 2025