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Guides and updates on crypto tax

How to declare crypto on your ITR12 in SARS eFiling

A step-by-step walkthrough for declaring crypto on your ITR12 in SARS eFiling for Filing Season 2026, from the records you need through capital gains, income, and deadlines.

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Undeclared crypto gains? How the SARS Voluntary Disclosure Programme works

Worried about crypto gains you never declared to SARS? Here is how the Voluntary Disclosure Programme works, what relief it gives, and why timing matters now.

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Provisional tax for crypto traders in South Africa

Trade crypto often or earn it as income? You may already be a provisional taxpayer. Here are the IRP6 deadlines, how to estimate, and what underpaying costs.

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How SARS Taxes Crypto in South Africa

An overview of how SARS treats crypto asset gains, including revenue vs capital, the annual exclusion (R40,000 now, R50,000 from the 2027 tax year), FIFO cost basis, and what records you need before you file.

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SARS and your crypto data: how CARF reporting actually works

You keep hearing that SARS now sees every crypto trade. Here is what CARF actually changes for Luno, VALR and offshore users, the dates that matter in 2026 and 2027, and what to do about it.

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Crypto tax in South Africa: do I owe SARS, and how do I calculate it?

Tax season is open again. If you traded, sold, swapped, or earned crypto, here is how to tell whether you owe SARS, what makes the calculation hard, and how to get your history in order before you file.

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How SARS taxes staking, mining and airdrops in South Africa

Crypto you earn from staking, mining or airdrops is income to SARS at its rand value on the day you receive it, taxed at your marginal rate. Here's how it works and what to keep.

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