On 27 February 2024, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that the “Declaration and Return Submission via eFiling – External Guide” had been revised as follows:
- To remove references to specific Excise products and apply them to all products.
- Relevant processes have been revised to reflect current eFiling system functionalities.
- The process for capturing all Excise duties and levies has been updated.
- The document has been converted from a manual to a guide and the document Q-Code was changed from SE-ACC-02-M02 to SE-ACC-08.
The updated Guide resulted in the withdrawal of “SE-ACC-06-M01 - Return and Submission of HTML5 forms via eFiling – External Manual.”
According to the Guide’s Summary its purpose is to assist clients in how to request and submit returns for excise products (focusing on local manufacturing declarations) on eFiling.
The “SE-ACC-08 – Declaration and Return Submission via eFiling – External Guide” is accessible at:
www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Ops/Guides/SE-ACC-08-Declaration-and-Return-Submission-via-eFiling-External-Guide.pdf