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Sars unable to pay wage increases due to budget shortfall, Kieswetter tells MPs
South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Edward Kieswetter was briefing Parliament’s standing committee on finance on Wednesday.
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Kieswetter: Sars gunning for state capture beneficiaries who didn’t pay tax
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) that the revenue service was working on seven state capture-related projects and had already handed over 27 criminal cases to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
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Kieswetter: I will not tolerate any political interference at Sars
South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Edward Kieswetter told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance that since taking over the reins at the revenue service, he has not experienced any political interference, and neither would he tolerate any.
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Encouraging progress: Sars collects an additional R138 billion in revenue
Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter has Thursday afternoon announced the preliminary outcome of the revenue collected from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
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'Our work at Sars was effectively a sham,' Williams tells Zondo Inquiry
Former Bain partner, Atholl Williams, has presented statements from various employees who said that they were uncomfortable with the work they were doing at the South African Revenue Services ( Sars).
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Sars' Kieswetter not concerned by Treasury not adding new tax collection streams
Commissioner Kieswetter said that despite there not being substantive tax hikes, there was still wiggle room to improve the efficiency of collection.
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Hard lockdown had a significant effect on Sars’ revenue collection - Kieswetter
Edward Kieswetter on Thursday said that imports decreased, with local VAT also affected during the hard lockdown, adding that the tax base was also getting smaller.
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South Africans have reason to be angry over corruption - Kieswetter
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, however, emphasised that our taxes were critical, especially when it came to using the funds to help the country's most vulnerable.
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Politically connected persons scored lucrative PPE tenders, Sars audit reveals
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter gave details of the dodgy dealings during a meeting with the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef).
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‘Open season’ as bakeries, pubs & carwash businesses score PPE tenders
An unknown 30-year-old businessman also managed to score a R125 million PPE tender without any prior experience.
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Kieswetter: It’s too soon to tell if new mechanisms will save Sars
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the service to readjust the way it designs and develops its systems.
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Kieswetter: COVID-19 has forced Sars to speed up modernisation programme
During the lockdown, Sars had added more than 30 additional online applications to save taxpayers a trip to Sars offices and to safeguard staff members.
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Kiswetter: COVID-19 to have long-term knock-on effect on tax collection
The economy is expected to likely contract by 7% this year due to a number of pre-existing economic problems before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sars predicts rise in business rescue cases this year
Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter said that the national lockdown, aimed at fighting COVID-19, has had a devastating impact on these businesses' ability to operate.
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Sars' Kieswetter warns that jobs lost due to COVID-19 won't be regained
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has warned of a devastating impact on the country’s economic capacity due to the effects of the COVID-19.
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WATCH LIVE: Sars briefs media on impact of COVID-19 on tax collection
South African Revenue Service Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, is briefing the media on the coronavirus's impact on revenue collection.
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Sars revises expected revenue loss due to illicit lockdown trade to R1.7bn
The government resolved over six weeks ago to enforce a national lockdown that banned the sale of cigarettes and alcohol, giving rise to chancers from the underground market who thrive on dodging tax laws.
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Govt to appoint inspector-general at Sars 'to beef up governance'
Treasury said that while strengthening Sars would take time, this would result in improved revenue collection in coming years.
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Sars warns that giving PP Zuma’s tax info could have dire consequences
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had put the revenue service between a rock and a hard place with this matter and hoped the courts would provide clarity.
