09/06/2026
IMPORTANT: SARS BANKING DETAILS VERIFICATION BEFORE TAX SEASON
Good day 🌸
In preparation for tax season, please take note that SARS is much stricter than before with personal details and banking verification.
Please do not wait until tax season opens to fix your SARS profile. If your personal details or banking details have changed, update them on SARS eFiling as soon as possible.
If your banking details changed, please watch this video with step-by-step instructions:
https://youtu.be/Wo7jyO1Lif0?si=TIZ0YW0Kk6tty7PB
After you follow the SARS instructions, SARS will give you a case number.
You must then prepare the banking verification photo and documents.
Take a blank A5 or A4 page and write the following clearly in black pen:
BANKING DETAILS CONFIRMATION
SARS Case Number:
Today’s Date:
Your ID Number:
Bank Name:
Account Number:
Branch Number:
Type of Account: Cheque / Savings / Other
Then ask someone to take a clear photo of you.
In the photo:
Hold the written page next to your face in one hand.
Hold your ID card or ID book next to your face in the other hand.
Make sure your face, ID and written page are all clearly visible.
SARS must be able to read the information on the ID and the page.
This photo is to prove that you are the person requesting the banking details change. SARS also says the face, proof of identity and written note must be clearly visible in the same picture.
You must upload the following to SARS:
Clear photo of you holding the ID and written page
Copy of your ID
Proof of bank account
Proof of address
Any other documents SARS requests
Please do this today if your banking details changed. Banking verification can take long, and if it is not sorted out before tax season, your refund may be delayed.
Kind regards,
Michelle
Phoenix Disability Tax 🌸
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