How do I obtain a business tax reference no?

**BusFact** · 19-Jan-12, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by mbsmit

Some entities are automatically registered while some are not. Just visit your nearest SARS branch with the Form IT77(c) and supporting documents.

That amazes me. How could that possibly happen, and yet as you say it does indeed.

The only thing you should look out for is something that happened to me a few years back when we thought there was no number and so resgistered one. Then a few years later SARS found the original and now we had two tax numbers. Now you have the hassle of getting rid of one. What a pain.

**mbsmit** · 20-Jan-12, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by BusFact

That amazes me. How could that possibly happen, and yet as you say it does indeed.

The only thing you should look out for is something that happened to me a few years back when we thought there was no number and so resgistered one. Then a few years later SARS found the original and now we had two tax numbers. Now you have the hassle of getting rid of one. What a pain.

True - so I would suggest you call SARS (think their number is: 0800 00 7277) and ask them to check if your business is not yet registered prior to registering again...

I was wondering - how do you get rid of a duplicate tax number?