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South African Corporate Income Tax (CIT) number (ZA-CIT)

List Type: secondary

How to use

The code for this list is
ZA-CIT. When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with ZA-CIT.

ZA-CIT-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

              
ZA-CIT-9415005603
              
ZA-CIT-9045478147

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with ZA-CIT as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

Description

The Corporate Income Tax (CIT) is a tax imposed on companies resident in the Republic of South Africa.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is South Africa’s tax collecting authority responsible for issuing CIT numbers [1]. Businesses can receive multiple tax numbers from SARS such as CIT, VAT, PAYE etc., however CIT is the preferred identifier to be used. [2] Businesses that receive CIT numbers include public and private companies, co-operatives, universities, trusts, governments and embassies.

[1]. https://www.sars.gov.za/types-of-tax/
[2]. https://www.sars.gov.za/businesses-and-employers/

Coverage: ZA

Find and use identifiers

Ask the organisation you wish to identify to provide its Corporate Income Tax number, sometimes referred to as Income Tax number.

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