Source data
Active VAT vendors, allocated domestic VAT payments, and refunds by economic activity
Sources checked
Payments
Shared scale · 0 R million to 240,981.89 R million
Refunds
Shared scale · 0 R million to 240,981.89 R million
Switch between payments and the amount of refunds. Sector aggregates and the national total are in the table.
Active VAT vendors, allocated domestic VAT payments, and refunds by economic activity
SARS reports refunds as outflows in Table A4.1.2. This dataset presents their positive amounts and calculates domestic payments minus refunds before rounding. The net figure excludes import VAT. All currency amounts are in rand millions.
| Source | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary sector | 2021/22 | 63,197 | 48,762.17 | 88,631.52 | -39,869.35 | Source 1 |
| Primary sector | 2022/23 | 62,271 | 50,643.67 | 99,404.33 | -48,760.66 | Source 1 |
| Primary sector | 2023/24 | 66,663 | 44,898.96 | 105,264.17 | -60,365.21 | Source 1 |
| Primary sector | 2024/25 | 63,342 | 46,873.79 | 107,745.53 | -60,871.74 | Source 1 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2021/22 | 58,674 | 19,978.22 | 22,970.77 | -2,992.55 | Source 1 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022/23 | 58,256 | 22,345.61 | 25,926.59 | -3,580.98 | Source 1 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023/24 | 58,743 | 23,306.12 | 26,904.31 | -3,598.19 | Source 1 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2024/25 | 58,524 | 24,767.17 | 29,438.16 | -4,670.99 | Source 1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2021/22 | 4,523 | 28,783.95 | 65,660.75 | -36,876.8 | Source 1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2022/23 | 4,015 | 28,298.07 | 73,477.74 | -45,179.68 | Source 1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2023/24 | 7,920 | 21,592.84 | 78,359.86 | -56,767.02 | Source 1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2024/25 | 4,818 | 22,106.62 | 78,307.37 | -56,200.75 | Source 1 |
| Secondary sector | 2021/22 | 83,927 | 99,444.33 | 58,615.45 | 40,828.88 | Source 1 |
| Secondary sector | 2022/23 | 86,190 | 108,344.21 | 75,057.56 | 33,286.64 | Source 1 |
| Secondary sector | 2023/24 | 88,803 | 121,269.83 | 80,197.21 | 41,072.62 | Source 1 |
| Secondary sector | 2024/25 | 92,451 | 130,918.28 | 85,095.07 | 45,823.22 | Source 1 |
| Manufacturing | 2021/22 | 44,929 | 61,362.05 | 52,163.87 | 9,198.19 | Source 1 |
| Manufacturing | 2022/23 | 45,951 | 65,261.8 | 66,748.22 | -1,486.42 | Source 1 |
| Manufacturing | 2023/24 | 46,884 | 73,539.56 | 66,549.55 | 6,990.01 | Source 1 |
| Manufacturing | 2024/25 | 48,454 | 75,351.93 | 69,559.72 | 5,792.21 | Source 1 |
| Electricity, gas and water | 2021/22 | 2,319 | 17,027.75 | 1,638.46 | 15,389.29 | Source 1 |
| Electricity, gas and water | 2022/23 | 2,455 | 20,008.54 | 3,022.98 | 16,985.56 | Source 1 |
| Electricity, gas and water | 2023/24 | 2,653 | 22,140.18 | 7,748.04 | 14,392.13 | Source 1 |
| Electricity, gas and water | 2024/25 | 2,811 | 26,502.86 | 8,175.5 | 18,327.36 | Source 1 |
| Construction | 2021/22 | 36,679 | 21,054.53 | 4,813.12 | 16,241.41 | Source 1 |
| Construction | 2022/23 | 37,784 | 23,073.87 | 5,286.37 | 17,787.5 | Source 1 |
| Construction | 2023/24 | 39,266 | 25,590.09 | 5,899.61 | 19,690.48 | Source 1 |
| Construction | 2024/25 | 41,186 | 29,063.49 | 7,359.84 | 21,703.64 | Source 1 |
| Tertiary sector | 2021/22 | 323,115 | 298,725.46 | 115,875.68 | 182,849.78 | Source 1 |
| Tertiary sector | 2022/23 | 329,314 | 326,951.11 | 142,569.71 | 184,381.4 | Source 1 |
| Tertiary sector | 2023/24 | 332,658 | 359,636.08 | 162,093.41 | 197,542.67 | Source 1 |
| Tertiary sector | 2024/25 | 341,065 | 385,957.99 | 170,591.0 | 215,366.99 | Source 1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, catering and accommodation | 2021/22 | 84,916 | 63,662.35 | 49,861.37 | 13,800.98 | Source 1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, catering and accommodation | 2022/23 | 86,130 | 67,753.26 | 62,196.37 | 5,556.89 | Source 1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, catering and accommodation | 2023/24 | 86,560 | 76,797.61 | 72,442.43 | 4,355.18 | Source 1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, catering and accommodation | 2024/25 | 88,476 | 80,552.14 | 70,597.64 | 9,954.5 | Source 1 |
| Transport, storage and communication | 2021/22 | 14,804 | 22,606.63 | 7,230.15 | 15,376.48 | Source 1 |
| Transport, storage and communication | 2022/23 | 15,048 | 25,756.35 | 11,138.03 | 14,618.32 | Source 1 |
| Transport, storage and communication | 2023/24 | 15,253 | 29,245.05 | 12,266.88 | 16,978.17 | Source 1 |
| Transport, storage and communication | 2024/25 | 15,841 | 29,401.53 | 12,867.97 | 16,533.55 | Source 1 |
| Financial intermediation, insurance, real-estate and business services | 2021/22 | 192,006 | 184,350.03 | 45,877.29 | 138,472.74 | Source 1 |
| Financial intermediation, insurance, real-estate and business services | 2022/23 | 195,182 | 203,749.8 | 55,463.54 | 148,286.26 | Source 1 |
| Financial intermediation, insurance, real-estate and business services | 2023/24 | 197,022 | 221,136.62 | 60,163.22 | 160,973.4 | Source 1 |
| Financial intermediation, insurance, real-estate and business services | 2024/25 | 201,718 | 240,981.89 | 67,020.19 | 173,961.7 | Source 1 |
| Community, social and personal services | 2021/22 | 31,389 | 28,106.46 | 12,906.88 | 15,199.58 | Source 1 |
| Community, social and personal services | 2022/23 | 32,954 | 29,691.7 | 13,771.78 | 15,919.93 | Source 1 |
| Community, social and personal services | 2023/24 | 33,823 | 32,456.8 | 17,220.88 | 15,235.92 | Source 1 |
| Community, social and personal services | 2024/25 | 35,030 | 35,022.43 | 20,105.2 | 14,917.24 | Source 1 |
| Other | 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Source 1 |
| Other | 2022/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Source 1 |
| Other | 2023/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Source 1 |
| Other | 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Source 1 |