# zaref.dev South African Tax Calendar

> zaref.dev South African Tax Calendar is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns current SARS filing-season windows, provisional tax deadlines, employer reconciliation windows, and recurring monthly tax deadlines as clean cited JSON with source URL, effective date, and freshness flag.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/tax-calendar?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-tax-calendar-9d4b738d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HwNE99QBh3JuHTsmXO-9V

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability zaref-dev-south-african-tax-calendar-9d4b738d
```

Example prompt: What are the current SARS tax deadlines for South Africa — including the filing-season windows, provisional tax due dates, and employer reconciliation periods — and are they still fresh?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, cited, machine-readable South African SARS tax calendar data including filing windows, provisional tax deadlines, and employer obligations. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured JSON with source provenance, effective dates, and a freshness flag for compliance-sensitive workflows. Particularly suited for South African fintech, payroll, accounting, or tax advisory applications that must track SARS deadlines programmatically.

## Known failure modes

- Service unavailable or rate-limited — HTTP 402/503 if payment not accepted or quota exceeded
- Stale data — freshness flag may indicate data has not been updated for the current tax year
- No query parameters supported — only a plain GET returns data; malformed requests return an error
- Upstream SARS source changed — citations may temporarily lag behind official SARS updates

## How this service works

South African Tax calendar (SARS filing-season windows, provisional tax deadlines, employer reconciliation windows and recurring monthly deadlines.) Clean cited JSON with official source URL, effective date and freshness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing structured South African tax calendar data: SARS filing-season open/close dates, provisional tax payment deadlines (first, second, third), employer reconciliation windows, and recurring monthly deadlines (e.g. PAYE). Each entry includes an official source URL, the effective date the data was set, and a freshness flag indicating whether the data is current.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": "current values with citations",
  "stale": false,
  "series": "tax-calendar",
  "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/types-of-tax/personal-income-tax/filing-season/",
  "effective_date": "2026-06-18"
 }
}
```

## More

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