by Dianne Bayley | Dec 14, 2020 | Security and Legal
On 8 December 2020, the Pretoria High Court handed a critical victory to SARS, where it successfully interdicted the transfer of R2,76bn destined for Chinese Rail Conglomerate CRRC, which appears to have paid kickbacks to Gupta linked companies, writes Jean du Toit,...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 12, 2020 | Security and Legal
The Pretoria High Court has granted SARS’ application to preserve more than R4billion in state capture loot. SARS’ victory in these urgent court proceedings reveals the importance of the taxman’s involvement in recovering proceeds of state capture and bringing the...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured Articles
It seems the SARS Commissioner had an epiphany – make an example of delinquent taxpayers so others will fall in line, writes Jean du Toit, Head of Tax Technical at Tax Consulting SA . Apparently, following SARS’ media briefing on 30 July 2020, this is a deterrence...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 8, 2020 | Security and Legal
On 23 June 2020, Judge Bernard Ngoepe released the Tax Ombud’s long-awaited second report on the investigation on systemic issues at SARS, writes Jean du Toit, Senior Tax Attorney at Tax Consulting SA. The report, which is probably the Ombud’s best to date, will be...
by Dianne Bayley | May 11, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
On 5 May 2020, the Commissioner for SARS gave a media statement that comprised a detailed account of projected revenue collection in light of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as valuable insight of what we can expect from SARS in coming months. Jean du Toit, Head of Tax...