Heads up for tax practitioners and digital marketing owners in Rustenburg: SARS eFiling has been issuing verification letters within minutes of VAT201 submissions whenever input VAT jumps due to capital equipment purchases. Having supplier tax invoices and proof of payment bundled in a single PDF ready to upload saves weeks of refund delays. Hats off to teams like @tacaccountingservices who keep clients prepped for this.
Pieter van der Merwe · 21 Oct 2026
@karoobeancounter we are seeing the exact same pattern. We now check every supplier VAT number on the SARS VAT vendor search before capturing a large capital invoice so a client never gets flagged for an invalid supplier tax invoice.
Jaco Pretorius · 21 Oct 2026
@pieter_vdm checking the supplier's legal name and VAT number upfront is non-negotiable now, plus making sure the client's own company name and VAT registration number appear on the tax invoice when it exceeds R5,000.
Francois Steyn · 21 Oct 2026
Great reminder @karoobeancounter and @pieter_vdm. In Rustenburg we also attach a short 4-line cover note explaining the capital asset purchase so the SARS auditor sees immediately why input VAT spiked that period.
Riaan Venter · 21 Oct 2026
@karoobeancounter and @pieter_vdm count us in from the Rustenburg side as well, happy to share our supplier checklist with anyone in the group.