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Judge Dennis Davis: SA can expect significant closure of tax gap
He headed a committee which was tasked with examining various aspects of the country’s tax system.
The judge, who heads up the Davis Tax Committee which advises the finance minister, testified at the Nugent commission of inquiry in Pretoria on Friday.
Judge Dennis Davis was addressing Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, which Wednesday held hearings on the VAT rate hike from 14 to 15% that came into effect this month.
Radio 702's Stephen Grootes speaks to Judge Dennis Davis, chairperson of the Davis Tax Committee, on the issues affecting governance and tax collection at Sars.
Judge Dennis Davis says that while he has examined her report very closely, he does not find any fact or reasoning to change his finding that Absa should not pay any money to government.
The Public Protector found this week that Absa must repay more than R1 billion that Bankorp received as a bailout.
On Friday Sars released a statement calling on Judge Dennis Davis to recuse himself from the tax committee.
Last week Davis told a conference that the biggest problem facing the country today is the erosion in the integrity of Sars.