Interfront 2025 Annual Report

36 INTERFRONT ANNUAL REPORT 2025 INDICATOR 1.2 DEVELOP, ENHANCE AND EXPAND THE eFILING AND MOBIAPP PLATFORMS TO MEET SARS BUSINESS AND LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS The SARS eFiling and MobiApp Platforms, including the API service for tax-software providers, serve as the fundamental infrastructure for electronically engaging with taxpayers and traders. The evolution of this platform is an ongoing process involving various projects, upgrades, and improvements to cater to the changing needs of taxpayers and traders. Given the critical role these systems play, their long-term sustainability demands continuous investments in development, modernisation, and enhancements, both in terms of application systems and underlying technology platforms. To keep pace with ever-evolving tax legislative requirements, it is imperative to ensure swift and adaptable updates and developments. The demand for updates, enhancements, and even new iterations of system functions and capabilities is driven by the government’s requirements and the pursuit of realising the SARS Vision, all of which contribute to enhancing the experiences of taxpayers and traders. OUTCOME Develop, enhance and expand the eFiling and MobiApp Platforms to meet SARS business and legislative requirements. OUTPUT Sprints/Software delivered on time, to specifications and within budget as set out and agreed to in the Work Order (WO). AUDITED ACTUAL PERFORMANCE 2022/2023 AUDITED ACTUAL PERFORMANCE 2023/2024 2022 Filing Season functionality deployed to production on 24 June 2022 (Q1). Last milestone delivered to SARS on 29 July 2022 (Q2) December Release: Delivered to SARS on 19 September 2022 for QA testing (Q2). ACHIEVED PAYE Upgrades (WO131; WO131-1 and WO189) – functionality deployed to production on 21 April 2023 and 23 June 2023 (Q1). ACHIEVED Trust Filing Season functionality deployed to production on 24 June 2022 (Q1). PAYE Filing Season 2023 (WO131-1) deployed to SARS production on 15 September 2023 (Q2). PAYE Upgrades Delivered to SARS on 9 September 2022 (Q2). PAYE December enhancements (WO243) delivery of the functional specification (Q2) deployed to SARS production on 8 December 2023 (Q3). Refunds and Drawbacks delivered to SARS on 31 August 2022 (Q2) for QA testing. 2023 Filing Season (WO196) functionality deployed to production on 23 June 2023 (Q1). SARS Trader Taxpayer Rep. Solution . Specification delivered to SARS and deployed to QA testing on 19 September 2022 (Q2) for testing. CIT Filing Season (WO187) deployed to SARS production on 23 June 2023 (Q1). Bank Detail Verification Change Request (WO169). Trust Filing Season (WO201) deployed to SARS production 23 June 2023 (Q1). Live Chat 2 (MVP) (WO159) deployed to production on 18 November 2022 (Q3). Refunds and Drawbacks (WO135) deployed to QA testing in June 2023 (Q1). Deployed to SARS production on 15 September 2023 (Q2).