Tax practitioners who are eligible for registration will have the option to register either manually or electronically. SARS, however, encourages tax practitioners who have access to electronic media to complete and submit the registration electronically through SARS’s eFiling facility: www.sarsefiling.co.za . It’s simple, fast, convenient and cost-effective.
Please note that your registration number only confirms that you are a registered tax practitioner with SARS as required by law. It is not an indication of your competency, level of skills or experience acquired. Hence registration or a registration number may not be used for advertising purposes, to attract, obtain or retain clients.
Depending on the preferred method of registration, the registration will be as follows:
Electronic registration
Tax practitioners who prefer to register electronically may log on to the eFiling website at www.sarsefiling.co.za . When on the site, first register with e-filing in order to be able to register as a tax practitioner as well.
Registration through e-filing will accommodate the following types of tax practitioners:
1. Tax practitioners who are already registered “e-Filers”
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These will log in as normal using their assigned login names and personal passwords.
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They will select services and go to Tax Practitioner Registration to complete Form TP-1.
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Please provide full details when filling in the registration form (Form TP-1) as this would facilitate a better understanding of the role and scope of tax practice in South Africa. You are however, obliged to fill in the fields marked by an asterisk.
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On submission of the form, you will receive a registration number which you can print for your records.
2. Tax practitioners who are not already registered “e-Filers” but wish to register for e-Filing, as well as register electronically as a tax practitioner
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Any person that wants to use SARS’s e-Filing facility is required to register with the e-Filing site first. This site can be accessed by logging on to the SARS website and choosing e-Filing. When on the e-Filing site, click on the ‘Log In” button, on top at the left of the screen. You will be asked to provide certain information. The details provided at this stage will automatically appear on the tax practitioner registration form (Form TP-1) which you have to fill in after registering with e-filing. Please fax your identification document as requested on confirmation of registration as an e-filer.
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Once you have registered with the site and received log-in identification, you can either select the e-Filing services you are interested in and complete Form TP-1 to register as tax practitioner later, or vice versa.
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Please provide full details when filling in the registration form (Form TP-1) as this would facilitate a better understanding of the role and scope of tax practice in South Africa. You are however, obliged to fill in the fields marked by an asterisk.
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On submission of the form, you will receive a registration number which you can print for your records.
3. Tax practitioners who are not registered “e-Filers” and do not wish to register for E-Filing at this stage, but would like to register electronically as tax practitioners
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Any person that wants to use SARS’s e-Filing facility is required to register with the e-Filing site first. This site can be accessed by logging on to the SARS website and choosing e-Filing. When on the e-Filing site, click on the ‘Log In” button, on top at the left of the screen. You will be asked to provide certain information. The details provided at this stage will automatically appear on the tax practitioner registration form (Form TP-1) which you have to fill in after registering with e-filing.
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Please do not fax your identification document as requested on confirmation of registration as an e-filer as you are only registering as a tax practitioner.
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After you have registered with the site, you can use your assigned login name and personal password to log into the e-Filing facility.
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Please select “services” and choose Tax Practitioner Registration to access the registration form (Form TP-1.)
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Please provide full details when filling in the registration form (Form TP-1) as this would facilitate a better understanding of the role and scope of tax practice in South Africa. You are however, obliged to fill in the fields marked by an asterisk.
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On submission of the form, you will receive a registration number which you can print for your records.
The registration number must be used by the tax practitioner in all correspondence with SARS when acting or assisting clients. If there are any queries, our helpdesk can be contacted on 0860 709 709.
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Manual registration
Tax practitioners who are eligible for registration may collect Form TP-1 from their nearest SARS’ office for registration or can download them from this website.
When completing the form, please provide full details as this would facilitate a better understanding of the role and scope of tax practice in South Africa. You are however, obliged to fill in the fields marked by an asterisk. Your form will be returned to you as incomplete if you fail to fill in these fields.
If any uncertainty exists as to the completion of the form, a practitioner can request assistance from the appointed person in that office or contact our call centre on 0860 12 12 19.
After completion of the form, the form must be returned to SARS by handing it in at a SARS Client Service Office, by dropping it off in a SARS drop-in box at any SARS office, via fax at (012) 425 2806/9 or posted to: Tax Practitioner Registration, PO Box 402, Pretoria, 0001.
SARS will confirm registration and provide a registration number to the practitioner in due course.
This registration number must be used by him or her for all correspondence with SARS when assisting or acting on behalf of clients.
