The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says
since the opening of the tax season in July 2017.
SARS has thanked all these taxpayers who have submitted their returns timeously.
This is an increase of 3.6% compared to last year’s figure this time.
As at 1pm today, SARS had already received over 18 000 tax returns for this morning alone.
SARS spokesperson Sandile Memela says by Monday SARS had paid over R62.1- billion in refunds to taxpayers.
Memela says of this amount, R49.8-billion in VAT refunds was disbursed and R12.3-billion in Personal Income Tax refunds.
SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane also expressed appreciation to taxpayers and the team of over 14 000 SARS employees committed to providing excellent service
More than 2.7-million taxpayers have submitted their tax returns
