The department is said to have about 148 ministerial houses that cost anywhere between R4m and R9m. Themba Godi, who is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), made it clear on Tuesday that taxpayers could not possibly be expected to foot the bill for the expenditure. The SCOPA revealed that the..
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Government spend Half a million on braai areas for ministers that is funded with taxpayers money
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R59 million of taxpayers money will be spent to bail out bankrupt state entities
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Despite repeated assurances that bankrupt state entities will not be helped out again, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Cabinet announced that R59 million of taxpayers money will be spent to prevent entities such as SAA, SABC, Post Office and SANRAL, that are unable to pay their bills, from collapsing. SANRAL can no longer borrow money, the..
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Premier of North West still feeds on taxpayers’ money after resignation and suspension
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The ANC in the North West has decided that Supra Mahumapelo will remain a member of the provincial legislature and will continue drawing a salary funded by taxpayers.
He resigned as premier two weeks ago following widespread accusations of corruption and maladministration that led to violent protests across the province.
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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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Taxpayers had coughed up a whopping R38 627 159 in salaries to civil servants who had been suspended
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Johannesburg – The government has forked out a massive R412 million to 7830 public servants who have been on long periods of sick leave between January last year and August of this year. This was revealed by Public Service Administration Minister Faith Muthambi this week when responding to a written parliamentary question from the UDM’s..
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SARS desperate – goes after taxpayer who owes R0.49
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SARS is getting desperate after suffering huge shortfalls, and is now auditing a large portion of taxpayers who need to receive refunds. This is according to the Rapport newspaper, which spoke to tax practitioners about changes at the revenue service. According to the newspaper, more salary earners are subjected to audits – while SARS takes..
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Sars’ brand diminished by unskilled staff
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For every step in the right direction, Sars manages to tumble down two. The Tax Ombud is slowly gaining ground in assisting taxpayers in resolving their tax differences with Sars. Unfortunately, these “tax differences” are frequently of Sars’ making, and as Sars slips further behind in the revenue target, so can we expect an exponential..
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SARS feeds Guptas and ANC
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A Parliamentary Question from the FF Plus regarding complaints received from the taxpayer (SARS) since the tax ombudsman came into existence indicates that everything is not well in SARS and that this service can become less and less trusted in dispute with Taxpayers themselves. Adv. Anton Alberts, the FF Plus parliamentary spokesman for finance, asked..
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Tax Season: “Pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar” – Even though red flags are raised
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Launching the 2017 tax season at the start of July newly-ensconced Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba urged South African taxpayers to “pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar”. This week SARS announced that due to technical glitches, crucial documents filed by employers and taxpayers need to be refiled. It seems Commissioner Tom Moyane’s SARS..
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Mashaba ‘still pissed off’ – businessman Reddy on City Power investigation
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Mayor Herman Mashaba’s investigation into alleged corruption involving the city’s R1bn smart electricity meter tender is just petty politics, businessman Vivian Reddy said. Reddy is the owner of Edison Power which was awarded the billion rand tender to install smart meters throughout the municipality. The contract has been probed four times in the past by..
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