Tax clearance PIN
Tenders, big clients and banks ask for a SARS tax compliance PIN, and they verify it live. We check your compliance status, flag anything blocking it, and deliver your PIN ready to share. Fixed price, in writing.
Tax clearance PIN costs R450 at ProperSA. That is our fixed service fee; government and authority fees are charged at cost on top. Turnaround: typically 1 to 5 business days. If you give us everything we ask for and we still fail to deliver what this page promises, we refund our fee; a refusal by the authority is not refundable.
Independent paperwork service. ProperSA is an independent private company, not SARS. You can request a tax compliance status PIN yourself on eFiling at no charge. Our fee pays for us to clear what is blocking it and obtain the PIN.
What is included
- Your SARS compliance status checked across all tax types
- Anything blocking compliant status flagged in plain English, with the fix
- Your tax compliance status PIN requested and delivered
- A sharing guide: how verifiers use the PIN and how long it stays valid
- Delivered to your client portal alongside your other documents
How this works
SARS no longer issues paper tax clearance certificates, verifiers use your tax compliance status PIN to check you live on eFiling. That means the PIN is only worth something if your underlying status is compliant. We check that first: outstanding returns, unpaid balances or unregistered tax types all break compliance, and we tell you exactly what needs fixing before the PIN is requested.
How ordering works
- Order online and answer the short questionnaire.
- We check your compliance status and either request your PIN or send you the exact fix list first.
- Your PIN and sharing guide land in your portal, usually within 1 to 5 business days.
Not sure this is the right one for you? Ask us first and you get a written answer within one business day.
What we will need from you
Short list, because the work is diagnosing what is blocking you rather than collecting paperwork.
- The entity name and registration number, or your identity number for an individual.
- Your income tax reference number.
- Confirmation that a registered representative is in place on eFiling, or a request for us to sort that out first, because nothing can be done without it.
- What you need the PIN for and by when. A tender deadline changes the order we tackle blockers in.
- Anything you already know is outstanding: an unfiled return, an amount owing, a dispute in progress.
Frequently asked questions
Is a tax clearance certificate the same as a tax compliance PIN?
The PIN replaced the paper certificate. Verifiers enter your PIN on eFiling and see your live compliance status, so it cannot be forged or go stale the way a paper certificate could.
How long is a tax clearance PIN valid?
The PIN itself is valid for up to a year, but it shows your live status, if you fall non-compliant next month, the same PIN shows non-compliant. Staying compliant is what keeps it green.
Why is my tax compliance status non-compliant?
Usually one of three things: an outstanding return (even a nil one), an unpaid balance or unarranged debt, or a registration gap. We identify which and tell you the exact fix.
Do I need a tax clearance PIN for tenders?
Yes, virtually every public tender and most corporate vendor onboarding checks it. It is also the first thing that fails when a company has quietly missed a return.
Getting tender ready?
The Tender ready pack covers CSD registration, this PIN and the standard documents in one folder. R890.
View the packTendering for construction work?
A PIN is one of four things a construction bid is checked against. The Tender Starter bundle adds CSD, CIDB Grade 1 and COIDA for R3 290 in total.
See the bundleThis is an administrative service performed with your authority on your own SARS profile. ProperSA is not a registered tax practitioner and does not provide tax advice or complete tax returns; where a matter needs a registered practitioner, we say so and refer you before any work starts.