How to Accept Your SARS eFiling Tax Type Transfer
Before SARS can finalise your PAYE, UIF and SDL registrations, the appointed SARS registered representative must approve the tax type transfer on SARS eFiling. This links the relevant tax types to the requesting profile so Didiserv can continue the submission. It usually takes about five minutes.
Start on the secure SARS page
The button opens the official SARS eFiling tax type activation page in a new tab.
Before You Start
Your identification number
Have your South African ID number ready. If you are not a South African citizen, use the identification or permit details requested by SARS.
Your company income tax number
Use your company's income tax reference number, not your personal income tax number. Contact Didiserv if you are unsure which number to use.
Access to your SARS contact channel
Make sure you can access the email address or cellphone number registered with SARS. SARS will send a one-time PIN to your chosen channel.
Step-by-Step Process
- 01
Open the SARS tax type transfer page
Use the secure SARS eFiling tax type activation page linked above.
- 02
Confirm your citizenship status
Answer the question asking whether you are a South African citizen by selecting the option that applies to you.
- 03
Enter your identification number
Enter your South African ID number, or the identification details requested for a non-South-African citizen.
- 04
Enter your company income tax number
Under Tax Reference Number, enter your company's income tax number — not your personal income tax number.
- 05
Submit to open the approval request
Select Submit. SARS will take you to the Approve Online Request page.
- 06
Choose how to receive your OTP
Choose email or cellphone as your one-time PIN delivery channel, then select OK.
- 07
Enter your OTP
Enter the one-time PIN sent by SARS, then select Submit to verify your identity.
- 08
Authorise each requested tax type
On the Tax Type Transfer page, review the listed tax types and select Authorise next to each applicable tax type.
- 09
Submit the transfer request
Select Submit to complete the transfer. SARS will notify the requestor of the outcome.
Having Trouble?
The tax reference number is not accepted
Check that you entered the company's income tax number rather than your personal income tax number.
You are not the registered representative
Only the appointed SARS registered representative can accept the transfer. If another director is the registered representative, that person must complete these steps.
You are not a South African citizen
Select the non-South-African option for the citizenship question and provide the identification or permit details requested by SARS.
Once the transfer is complete
Reply to your Didiserv email or let the support team know so we can continue your registration. If the SARS screens look different, do not guess — send us a screenshot and we will guide you.
Read the official SARS tax type transfer overviewStill need help?
Contact the Didiserv support team and we will guide you through the process.