How to pay Withholding Tax on Interest South Africa WTI on eFiling South Africa 2021

How to pay Withholding Tax on Interest South Africa WTI on eFiling South Africa

Step 1: Register for WTI

• Log on to the eFiling website with your eFiling Login Name and Password.
• Check if the ‘Income Tax’ under ‘Tax Types’ has been activated for eFiling. If not, please activate the Income Tax reference number.
• If you register as a ‘Company representative’, it must be your individual income tax reference number completed in the representative screen and not the company tax reference number.

• Before you proceed with registering, please make sure that your ‘rights’ have been activated. If you are a tax representative or a tax practitioner, add the ‘Withholding Tax on Interest (WTI)’ tax type to the group details:
  • Select ‘Organisations’
  • Click on ‘Rights Groups’
  • Select ‘Manage Groups’
  • Click on ‘Open’
  • Select the ‘Authorisation Level’
  • Mark the check box for ‘Withholding Tax on Interest (WTI)’:

• To register for the WTI on eFiling:
  • If you are a Tax Practitioner or  Tax Representative, select a taxpayer from the drop down list and then click on:
    • ‘Organisations’
    • ‘SARS Registered Details’
    • ‘Register Withholding Tax on Interest’
  • If you are an Individual click on:
    • ‘Home’
    • ‘SARS Registered Details’
    • ‘Register Withholding Tax on Interest’

• Read the disclaimer on the screen below:
  • Select ‘I Agree’
  • Click on ‘Continue’

• When the ‘Continue’ button is clicked the system will validate if the taxpayer is activated for Income Tax on eFiling.
• If not activated for Income Tax on eFiling an error message will display:
  • If you do not have an Income Tax number, please contact the SARS Contact Centre for assistance or visit your nearest SARS Branch to register for Income Tax.
  • If you do have a valid Income Tax number, please use the Tax Types option to activate for Income Tax on eFiling. 
• If you are not an Active Registered Representative or an Active Tax Practitioner, an error message will display:
  • To activate as a representative, please select the following options:
    • ‘Organisations’
    • ‘SARS Registered Details’
    • ‘Activate Registered Representative’
  • To activate as a tax practitioner, please select the following options to activate:
    • ‘Services’
    • ‘My TP Configuration’
    • ‘Practitioner Activation’

• If the tax number is successfully activated for Income Tax on eFiling, the following screen will display:
  • The ‘Taxpayer Details’ will be pre-populated as per the taxpayer’s eFiling profile.
  • Click on the calendar icon and select the date from which you are liable for WTI. This date cannot be before 1 March 2015.
  • Click on ‘Register’.

• A pop up screen will display to confirm that the WTI registration was successful. Click on ‘Continue’. The ‘Activation for Withholding Tax on Interest’ screen will display next.

Step 2: Activate WTI

• Click on ‘Returns’
  • Then on ‘Activation’:

• Select ‘Returns’ and then click the following:
  • ‘Non-Core Taxes’
  • ‘Withholding Tax on Interest’
  • ‘Activation’

• The activation screen will display:
  • The ‘Taxpayer Information’ will be prepopulated with the data available.
  • If the prepopulated information is incorrect, click on ‘Update Details’ to make the relevant changes.
  • If the prepopulated information is correct, select the checkbox for the disclaimer “I confirm the information above is correct and true for the taxpayer concerned”
  • Click on ‘Activate’.

• Click on ‘OK’ on the pop-up message to confirm you want to activate the tax number for Withholding Tax on Interest:

• The activation request will be validated by the system:
  • If the WTI activation is pending approval the following message will display:“Your activation request has been sent and is currently pending approval. Please check back again to see if your activation has been successful.”

• If your information does not match the SARS records the following message will display:“Unfortunately, we could not match the details supplied. Please check that all details are correct and try again or contact us if the problem persists”.
  
• Please contact the SARS contact centre on 0800 00 7277 for assistance.
• If the reference number is activated for Withholding Tax on Interest, the status will indicate ‘Successfully Activated’

Step 3: Deactivate WTI (if neccessary)

• Select ‘Returns’ and then click the following:
  • ‘Non-Core Taxes’
  • ‘Withholding Tax on Interest’
  • ‘Activation

• The activation screen will display:
  • Click on ‘Deactivate’
  • Click on ‘OK’ on the pop-up message to confirm deactivation.

• The deactivation will be confirmed.

Step 4: Complete the Return

•  Click ‘OK’ on the pop up screen to proceed with the payment. (The ‘Payment Details’ screen will display).

• On the Payment Details screen:
  • Select the bank account from the drop down list.
  • Ensure that the payment request date is correct.
  • Click on ‘Pay Now’ (The ‘Confirm Payment Initiation’ screen will display).

• On the Confirm Payment Initiation screen click on ‘Confirm’:

• A pop up message will display for you to confirm the payment amount, account and date of payment. Click on ‘OK’ to proceed.

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• The payment initiation result will display:

• On the Confirm Payment Initiation screen click on ‘Confirm’:

• A pop up message will display for you to confirm the payment amount, account and date of payment. Click on ‘OK’ to proceed.

• The payment initiation result will display:
  • Please log on to your bank account to authorize the payment.

• After the payment is authorized the payment status will change to ‘Payment Successful’:

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