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SARS uses a special secure PDF file called (PDF XFA) which you can only open in specific programs like Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader. XFA stands for XML Forms Architecture. XFA forms are embedded inside PDF documents, the user can fill the data and print them. You can type data in the XFA form, but you can’t save it. For future reference, you may want to take a print of the completed form. Google Chrome comes built-in with PDF Viewer. It renders PDFs seamlessly as if they’re web pages.



How to open and view a SARS XFA PDF in Chrome browser

  1. Launch Chrome browser
  2. Type on the address bar chrome://flags
  3. Search for XFA”, in the dropdown for “PDF XFA support“, select Enabled and restart Chrome browser
  4. Now open any PDF that has XFA form embedded inside it, it will open in Chrome.