Quick Answer What Is Tax Compliance Status (TCS) in South Africa? Tax Compliance Status (TCS) – the old “tax clearance certificate” – is SARS’s confirmation that your registrations, returns and payments are up to date. Instead of a paper certificate you share a TCS PIN, which lets a tender or funder verify your status online in real time. What this means in plain language TCS is the single most-asked-for compliance document in South African business. Tenders, corporate supplier applications, funding and even some leases require it. Because it is a live status, not a certificate, it can flip to non-compliant the moment you miss a return or a payment –…