Software · SARS · Tax Administration Act
SARS compliance software that checks your returns before you file.
Komply is not accounting software. It sits on top of your books — Xero-synced daily — and scores every VAT201, EMP201 and EMP501 for readiness before it goes to SARS, while tracking the deadlines and refund SLAs that eFiling won't chase for you.
In the bundle from R750/mo · single module R1,500/mo · Built by a CA(SA) · First 25 pilot tenants free
- For
- Businesses filing VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, IRP6 or ITR14 returns. Xero users get daily auto-sync; the readiness scoring works from your live books.
What it does
- 01
Readiness scoring, per return
VAT201 and EMP201 scored across five components, EMP501 across seven — missing supplier VAT numbers, payroll anomalies, IRP5 reconciliation gaps — before the return is submitted, while there is still time to fix the inputs.
- 02
The 2026 TRN-rejection rule, caught early
IRP5 cross-validation flags employees whose tax reference numbers would trip SARS's 2026 rejection rule at EMP501 reconciliation — pre-submission, not in a rejection letter.
- 03
Every deadline on one calendar
VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, IRP6 provisional payments and ITR14 filing dates tracked per entity, with your submission audit trail held against each.
- 04
VAT refunds, escalated on schedule
Every refund is auto-matched from bank transactions and tracked against SARS's 21-business-day service commitment. At 30, 60 and 90 days Komply drafts the escalation — the SARS complaint, then the Tax Ombud form — so delay has a paper trail.
- 05
Penalty exposure, quantified
A live calculator of what late or under-declared positions cost — the Tax Administration Act's 10% late-payment penalty plus prescribed-rate interest — so the cost of slipping is a number, not a feeling.
Questions
Does Komply file my returns with SARS?
No. You (or your accountant) file on eFiling as before. Komply scores the return's readiness beforehand, tracks the deadline, and holds the audit trail of what was submitted and when.
Do I need Xero to use the SARS module?
The readiness scoring and refund auto-match work from a daily Xero sync (VAT report, bank transactions, invoices, contacts, payroll). Without Xero you still get deadline tracking and the submission audit trail, but the scoring needs the books.
Does this replace my accountant?
No, and it isn't meant to. Your accountant owns the tax positions and the filing. Komply is the layer that watches readiness continuously between engagements — most defects it catches are data problems (a missing supplier VAT number, an IRP5 mismatch) that are cheap to fix early and expensive to fix after assessment.
Go deeper
The SARS submissions module is one quarter of Komply. POPIA compliance · B-BBEE scorecard · FSCA tracker run in the same workspace, on the same subscription — the full stack.
Try it on your own books.
The four modules are live. Komply is onboarding the first 25 pilot tenants free — join the waitlist and we'll invite you in order.