SARS

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. JEREMY MAGGS: The South African Revenue Service has led a government search and seizure operation against several alleged members of coal smuggling syndicates, including former Eskom…

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled in favour of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) and dismissed with costs PFC Properties’ two attempts to avoid settling a tax bill, one of which involved launching a business rescue…

South African expatriates who work and live abroad are cautioned to ensure their tax affairs are up to date, to avoid falling foul of Sars’ drive for full tax compliance. This is especially the case now that Sars has drastically turned its…

Fertiliser and chemicals group Omnia may soon head to the Tax Court if it fails to reach an agreement with the South African Revenue Service (Sars), which launched a tax dispute of nearly R1 billion against the company that has now dragged…

Law enforcement authorities have detained a truck that was ferrying illicit cigarettes worth some R20 million on Monday, after it was stopped in Bronkhorstspruit and the driver fled the scene. The illicit cigarettes were brought through…

The recent draft public notice issued by SARS proposes that Solar Installers must report taxpayer information. This appears very much part of the SARS drive to ensure compliance and embrace technology for taxpayer data collection. This new…

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has not been immune to the devastating economic impact of the energy crisis, reporting load shedding-related losses of R60 billion for the financial year ending 31 March 2023. Sars, which collected…

‘Money or the Box’ is a game where a contestant must choose between the money or an undisclosed prize in a box. In Lance Dickson Construction CC v CSars a full bench of the Western Cape High Court said, in the context of understatement…

South Africa’s tax agency has confirmed it found no record of a cash declaration by “certain traveller”- or Sudanese businessman Hazim Mustafa, who reportedly said he paid $580 000 in December 2019 for cattle at President Cyril Ramaphosa…

South Africa’s tax agency has confirmed it found no record of a cash declaration by “certain traveller”- or Sudanese businessman Hazim Mustafa, who reportedly said he paid $580 000 in December 2019 for cattle at President Cyril Ramaphosa…