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What do I do about anonymous or no-detail donors when I submit to SARS?

In short: You don't need to delete anyone. When you generate the IT3(d), ActiveDonor submits only the compliant certificates and holds back the non-compliant ones automatically — so an anonymous or no-detail donor simply doesn't go to SARS. Keep the donor and their receipt; just don't include a certificate that can't be made compliant.

You don't delete the donor or the receipt

Deleting donors would lose your giving records. Instead, the compliance check does the filtering for you: when you submit, ActiveDonor shows how many certificates are compliant vs non-compliant and lets you "Submit N Compliant Certificate(s)" — the non-compliant ones are left out of the file and aren't sent to SARS.

Anonymous or "won't give details" donors

A Section 18A certificate must carry the donor's name, ID/registration number and tax number, so a truly anonymous donor (or one who won't share these) can't be certificated for SARS. You can still record their donation as a receipt — just don't issue a Section 18A for it, or revoke one that was issued in error. Their giving stays in ActiveDonor; it's only the SARS certificate that can't be produced.

Foreign donors can be certificated

A foreign donor isn't a lost cause — they can get a valid Section 18A once you capture the right details: set their Identity Type to Passport, add the Country of Issue, and enter their Date of Birth (CCYY-MM-DD). With those in place the certificate becomes compliant and will submit.

📌 Note: "Non-compliant" never blocks your whole submission — it only excludes that one certificate. Fix the ones you can; leave the rest.

  • Generating the IT3(d) file for SARS