SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE (SARS)

4 June 2026 – Customs and Excise Act, 1964: The rules amendments notice issued under sections 39, 101A and 120, and scheduled for publication in the Government Gazette, relates to the amendment to invoice data and customs worksheet data.

Publication details will be made available later.

Published on 25 February 2026 following the Budget Speech, the due date for comment is now announced to be 26 June 2026.

6 June 2026 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has intercepted consignments suspected to contain illicit drugs during a targeted Customs and Excise operation at the Port of Durban in the early hours of Saturday morning.

8 June 2026 – The state provides state warehouses for the safekeeping of goods. These are managed by Customs. The purpose of this list of unentered goods is to notify the importer, exporter and any other person that has interest in the goods that the goods have been taken up into the State warehouse and if they remain unentered they will be disposed in accordance with the provisions of the Customs & Excise Act.

· Table A – A list of the average exchange rates of selected currencies for a year of assessment as from December 2003

· Table B – A list of the monthly average exchange rates to assist a person whose year of assessment is shorter or longer than 12 months

9 June 2026 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) working with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) secured the seizure of 30 bricks of cocaine at the Port of Durban. Today’s interception on the KwaZulu-Natal coast follows closely on the heels of another major seizure just three days earlier, where about 90 kg of cocaine concealed in excavators from Brazil was intercepted at the same port. These operations point to intensified efforts by organised crime syndicates to move narcotics through South Africa’s trade gateways, matched by a coordinated and firm response from law enforcement.

10 June 2026 – The PAYE Employer Reconciliation BRS (2026 Release) Version 25 3 0 has been updated. The validation rules for source codes 3040, 3067, 3698 and 4150 were amended.

NATIONAL TREASURY

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (SAFLII)

AFRICAN TAX ADMINISTRATION FORUM (ATAF)

Legal & policy - 11 June 2026