On 03 December 2021, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the release of its 135-page Customs External Guide - “Customs Trader Portal (CTP) For Registration And Licensing Of Customs Clients”.
The purpose of this document is to assist traders on how to (i) Apply, amend or withdraw an application for registration and licensing as a Customs client type through e-Filing; (ii) View and archive their correspondence on their Registration, Licensing and Accreditation (RLA) Inbox; and iii) Manage relationship with other registered RLA Customs client types through eFiling.
The following are not covered in this guide: (i) The conditions and requirements pertaining to the registration and licensing of Customs client types which are described in SC-CF-19; (ii) Authentication (e.g. face-to-face validation) of the applicant in person as prescribed in ECS-LER-03; (iii) Registration on e-Filing and management of user profiles as prescribed in GEN-ELEC-18-G01; (iv) Merging of multiple entities profiles into a single profile as prescribed in GEN-ELEC-15-G01; and (v) The registration and licensing of non-RLA client types (see SC-CF-19).
The External Guide is available on request.