The restructuring of the South African Revenue Service’s operating model was unnecessary and undercut the efficiency of the revenue services. This is according to testimony given during the second leg of the Nugent commission on Tuesday.
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Implementation of Moyane-sanctioned model moved SARS efficiency backwards
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SA Government illegally paid Gupta firms over R400m in tax refunds
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The news is spreading like wild fire that there are exclusive evidence which reveals Sars allegedly unlawfully paid more than R400 million in tax refunds to Gupta-linked entities. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) says it is conducting a comprehensive investigation into the payment of millions of rands in VAT and personal income tax refunds..
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Another VAT payout from SARS to Guptas worth R89-million
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The South African Revenue Service has for the second time allowed a multi-million-rand VAT repayment claimed by a Gupta-owned business to be paid to a third party, court documents show.
Times Select has learned that, on April 11, SARS made a payment of R89-million, meant for Optimum Coal Mine, to a third party, a company named In House Wages.
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Taxpayers reluctant to submit return – Can you blame them?
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The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is apparently badly affected by a silent protest by taxpayers who no longer wish to submit returns and therefore probably no or less tax are therefore paid.
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Trevor Manuel says he is a witness, not suspect in SARS ‘rogue spy unit’ case
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Johannesburg – Former finance minister Trevor Manuel on Thursday, said he was a witness and not a suspect in the case against three former senior South African Revenue Services (Sars) officials facing charges of corruption and contravention of the Rica Act.
“I confirm that I had indeed provided the prosecution with a statement last year, under compunction of a subpoena issued in terms of section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
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Gerrie Nel, Trevor Manuel, Vusi Pikoli are State witnesses in SARS ‘rogue unit’ case
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The list of witnesses the State will be drawing on in their case against a trio of ex-SARS officials is throwing up names well known during the trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi as well as beleaguered SARS executives Tom Moyane and Jonas Makwakwa.
Former SARS officials Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg, and Andries Janse van Rensburg briefly appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they were charged with the illegal interception of communications and corruption relating to the installation of cameras installed at the offices National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) which became known as Project Sunday Evenings
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s blistering letter suspending South African Revenue Service (SARS) boss showed an attempt by the state to salvage the integrity of SARS
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s blistering letter suspending South African Revenue Service (SARS) boss Tom Moyane showed an attempt by the state to salvage the integrity of the key institution that has been plagued by poor governance.
While graft scandals engulfed the public service, SARS had over the last decade emerged as the last bulwark against corruption, as it maintained a reputation of efficiency and impartiality
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Company involved in Gupta VAT payout previously involved in Moyane nephew scandal
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The company that received the Guptas’ Sars VAT payout is closely connected to a company whose R2.2-billion contract with Sars was cancelled in 2016 because one of its shareholders was now suspended Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s nephew.
In 2016, Moyane’s nephew Nhlamulo Ndhlela was found to have scored a debt collection contract from Sars worth R220-million.
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SARS boss Tom Moyane sacked
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In a late-night move, President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane.
The under-fire tax service boss has been informed of his suspension, which takes effect immediately, the Presidency said in a statement.
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Tackling illicit trade a quick fix for Treasury’s cash shortfall
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Fawu has marched to the Sars HQ to call for a clampdown on illegal TRADE.
Billions of rand can easily be brought into over-stretched-state coffers if illicit trade is addressed with urgency.
South Africans were shocked in October when then finance minister Malusi Gigaba informed the nation in his mid-term Budget speech that a drastic decline in economic growth, coupled with “a sharp deterioration” in tax collections, had led to a tax revenue shortfall of R50.8billion – the largest under-collection since the 2009 recession.
Since then, Gigaba has announced a 1% VAT increase – the first in our democratic era – to try to address the shortfall, before Nhlanhla Nene replaced him as the person holding the purse strings.
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President Ramaphosa’s maiden State of the Nation
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State of the Nation Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, 16 February 2018, Parliament
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise,
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Hain The Pain Guns For Greedy London Lawyers In SARS Cover-Up Scandal. #GuptaCurse
Who maintains the ANC regime’s coffers by paying taxes?
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The law firm Webber Wentzel analyzed the tenth issue of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) tax statistics. From the conclusions it appears that 37% of the tax collected in 2016/17 came from individual taxpayers. Of the 20 million registered taxpayers, only 6.3 million payers submitted tax assessments, as those who earn less than R350..
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