Nothing very flash about Sars’s eFiling tech
With the deadline looming, the tax agency’s alternative to the obsolete Flash Player can only be accessed by Windows users
11 February 2021 - 05:00
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has rolled out a dedicated browser that supports Adobe Flash Player, which should allow users to access its Flash-supported eFiling forms. Four years ago Flash Player, which runs applications, websites and multimedia, was deemed too much of a security risk to continue being supported on web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox.
The advance notice from the browsers should have given Sars enough time to rebuild its electronic filing platform and convert its forms to newer technologies such as HTML5 or JavaScript...
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