'Nature of person' on an employee tax certificate

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200914070232847

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Mon May 19 11:21:40 UTC 2025

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'Nature of person' on an employee tax certificate

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'Nature of Person' refers to the type of entity the tax certificate if for submission to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

This is a mandatory field for tax certificates submitted on SARS e@syFile Employer.

This system automatically allocates the value based on the selections made on the record's Employee's Information (IS) screen.

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Natural Person

NOTE: A natural person, in a legal context, refers to a human being, as opposed to a legal entity or organisation.

Nature of Person	Description	Selections on Employee Information screen
A	Individual with an identity or passport number	Gender is 'Male' or 'Female', valid 13-digit ID or passport number
B	Individual without an identity number or passport number	Gender is 'Male' or 'Female', without a valid ID or passport number
M	Asylum Seekers	Gender is 'Male' or 'Female', with valid asylum seeker permit number
N	Retirement Fund Lump Sum Recipient/Pensioner	Gender is 'Male' or 'Female', terminated record with 'Pensioned' status, only lump sum income
R	Refugee	Gender is 'Male' or 'Female', with valid refugee 13-digit ID number seeker permit number

Non-natural person

NOTE: A non-natural person is a corporation, trust or other non-living entity.

Nature of Person	Description	Selections on Employee Information screen
D	Trust	Gender is 'Trust', valid Trust number
E	Company or closed corporation (cc)	Gender is 'Company or CC, valid Company/CK number

NOTE: Issue separate certificates when an employee’s nature of person changes during a tax year.

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