A Tax Clearance Certificate is a certificate issued by SARS to confirm that all your tax affairs are in order.

In order to obtain one, all outstanding tax returns as well as any funds due to SARS must be calculated and paid over to SARS.

If your company made no money, you will not be required to pay any taxes, however you will still be required to submit the zero tax returns in order to obtain the tax clearance certificate.

If your company is new i.e less than 12 months before tax financial year end, you can obtain a tax clearance certificate without submitting any tax returns, however, you still need to obtain appoint a tax representative in order to obtain a tax clearance certificate.

You might also be required to register for the other tax types such as VAT, UIF, SDL, PAYE and COIDA depending on the special circumstances surrounding your business or if you intent on doing business with the government or some private sector entities.

You can view an example tax clearance certificate by clicking here.

The best approach in obtaining a tax clearance certificate, is by the use of a SARS registered tax practitioner.

On this website, we have a bunch of SARS registered tax accountants nearest to you, that are willing to quote and assist you with obtaining your tax clearance certificate.

All that is required of you, is to fill in the application form below and about 5 tax practitioners within your area will get back to you with a quotation and an action plan on how to get a tax clearance certificate for you.