Free download · 2025/2026 tax year
The South African tax deadline calendar
One page, every date that matters: EMP201, VAT201, IRP6 provisional tax, ITR12 filing season and the EMP501 reconciliations. Print it, pin it, or keep it in your accounting folder — and let us email you a reminder before each one lands.
- Every SARS due date for the 2025/2026 tax year on a single page
- Email reminders roughly a week before each deadline you choose
- Written for South African individuals, freelancers and small businesses
- No spam, no sharing your address — unsubscribe from any email
What's inside the calendar
- 7th of every month
- EMP201 — monthly PAYE, UIF and SDL payment
- Last business day, every 2nd month
- VAT201 — VAT return and payment (Category A/B vendors)
- 31 August 2025
- IRP6 first provisional tax return (2026 tax year)
- Oct – Jan (season dates)
- ITR12 individual income tax return
- 28 February 2026
- IRP6 second provisional tax return + EMP501 reconciliation window
- 30 September 2026
- IRP6 third (voluntary) top-up payment
Season dates shift each year — always confirm on sars.gov.za. We update the PDF whenever SARS publishes new dates and email subscribers the new version.
How the reminders work
You sign up
Give us an email address and pick the reminder types you care about.
We watch the dates
About a week before each deadline we send a short heads-up with what's due.
You stay in control
Every email has a one-click unsubscribe. We never sell or share your address.
Need the numbers too? Try the provisional tax calculator, salary after tax calculator or the full calculator hub.