Veteran cabinet minister Pravin Gordhan has died in hospital after “a short, courageous battle with cancer”. He was 75. The family announced on Friday he was “surrounded by his family, closest friends and his lifelong comrades in the…
At least 191 000 South Africans have filed their tax returns following the opening of the filing season for provisional and non-provisional taxpayers on Monday, 15 July. This was revealed by South African Revenue Services Commissioner…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has warned taxpayers about a new WhatsApp scam targeting their personal information. Sars this week noted a rise in complaints about fraudsters posing as officials from the revenue service and asking for…
The ANC on Monday denied that it owes the taxman more than R100m. In a statement‚ the ruling party dismissed as false a report by the Daily Maverick that it had been given 10 days by the SA Revenue Service to settle the bill. The report…
A senior National Treasury official has described the conduct of the Guptas and other companies who looted public funds as “treason” and says the government will stop at nothing to ensure their imprisonment. National Treasury deputy…
A new set of tax law amendments, signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and promulgated on January 20 2021 has granted SARS all the legal fire power it needs to impose criminal sanctions on taxpayers who neglect their tax affairs. Criminal…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) is investigating 307 cases of possible tax fraud and other irregularities with a revenue loss of close to R300m involving companies that recently benefited from government personal protective equipment (PPE)…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) recently introduced an auto-assessment which allows Sars to file income tax on behalf of taxpayers. It was rolled out on August 1 in response to social distancing protocols because of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Government moving to hold onto South Africans’ retirement funds On July 31 2020, the Draft Tax Law Amendment Bill (“TLAB”) contained a hidden announcement, which may prove to be the final straw for many ex-South Africans who still have…
Employees who have not received payouts from the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), which is the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Covid-19 fund, since the beginning of lockdown, have no way of finding out what could be…
On Tuesday May 5, SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter detailed improvements in the tax authority’s operations and its proactive response to COVID-19. However, he painted a gloomy picture of national revenues. “It’s sadly ironic that SARS…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) will help with the payments of Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) claims should the labour department’s systems crash because of the high volumes of claims received, labour and employment minister Thulas Nxesi…
Government ignored warnings that foreign employment tax would lead to mass increase in financial emigration In December 2017, the change to the foreign employment income exemption was promulgated into law. This has widely become known as…
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she was not trying to play to the political gallery by releasing a report with adverse findings against Pravin Gordhan on Friday. The public protector found that Gordhan had irregularly approved the early…
South African Revenue Service (Sars) IT boss Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane, whose utterances on television and at the Nugent Commission of Inquiry raised eyebrows, is demanding to know why she has been placed on “indefinite leave”.…
