South african revenue service
Ruling against Sars: 'Taxpayers have the courts on their side'
"This case shows rogue officials at Sars that the courts protect taxpayers," says tax attorney Jean-Louis Nel (Tax Consulting SA).
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Matthew Haddon, Director at tax consultancy Simple Tax.
Moshoeshoe is one of eight people being interviewed for the post at Parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Last month, the Public Protector issued a subpoena in a bid to obtain the information.
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday on the progress in implementing the Nugent Commission's recommendations.
Edward Kieswetter was speaking at the opening of the Tax Indaba in Johannesburg on Monday.
South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter was speaking at the Tax Indaba which at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Three senior executives face charges of misconduct and are undergoing a disciplinary process.
Sars said this was part of an ongoing comprehensive review of the whole parastatal’s leadership initiated by the Commissioner Edward Kieswetter.
Judge Sulet Potterill read from the remedial action which instructed the president to carry out a certain order listed in a specific paragraph, yet the paragraph provided contained no order at all.
It said a mobile tax unit will be deployed to the area to provide limited tax-related services.
Kieswetter was unanimously approved by a panel set up by the president and appointed about a month ago as the commissioner of Sars.
South African Revenue Service acting chief executive of customs and excise Mamiky Leolo says "the target is based on the performance of macroeconomic indicators".
Acting commissioner Mark Kingon presented the results on Monday afternoon.
Sars spokesperson Sicelo Mkosi says the man was detained as he was unable to explain why he was carrying the large amount of cash.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says Sars IT systems will also be beefed up and Sars’ new large business unit will be launched in April.
The Nugent Commission of Inquiry into Tax Administration and Governance at Sars found former Sars boss Tom Moyane unfit to hold office and recommended he be sacked.
Former Sars employee, Nishana Gosai, says that the new operating model made doing her work near impossible.
Sars kept the Guptas in the money laundering business after the banks deserted them, says investigative journalist Pauli van Wyk.