Sars
Illicit tobacco trade 'booming since Sars disbanded its probing capacity'
Telita Snyckers, the author of 'Dirty Tobacco,' - an expose on the dark underbelly of the tobacco industry, presented a virtual address to the Cape Town Press...
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Van Loggerenberg: I feel vindicated by court ruling on Sars rogue unit report
The report had found an illegal unit was established at the revenue service and was used to carry out rogue operations.
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Sars to lose R250bn in projected revenue collection, says Dlamini-Zuma
The minister on Tuesday briefed members of the NCOP on government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Covid-19 Situation Desk - 5 May 2020 PM
The facts - at the start and end of your working day. #Coronavirus #COVID-19 #SouthAfrica #LockdownSouthAfrica
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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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LIVE BLOG: Kiewswetter says 20,000 people retrenched in April
South African Revenue Service Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, is briefing the media on the impact of the coronavirus on revenue collection.
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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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SA economy loses R1.5 billion due to alcohol, cigarette sale ban - SARS
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter confirmed that to Parliament's finance portfolio committee on Thursday.
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Parly’s finance committees grapple with implementation of R500 bn relief fund
The National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (Sars) are presenting government's plans and proposed disaster and tax bills centred on a R500 billion COVID-19 relief fund.
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EXPLAINER: COVID-19 tax relief: a snapshot of what’s out there
Which tax relief ideas are the best? What are the various options and ideas that could be useful examples to policy makers, including those in South Africa?
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Sars pays out R2.4bn in tax returns in first 4 days of lockdown
The refunds comprise payments to large businesses of R1.1 billion and payments to the Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises SMMEs to the tune of R1.3 billion.
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Court says PP's subpoena powers don't extend to taxpayer records
The Public Protector had issued a subpoena in a bid to obtain former President Jacob Zuma's tax information.
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Tax Justice SA vows to tackle tax dodgers, illicit traders
The civil organisation in partnership with Sars and the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa called for new measures to urgently tackle tax evasion.
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S. Africans living abroad to benefit from new tax law amendments
From 1 March 2020, income below R1 million earned by South Africans living abroad will be exempt from tax and any remuneration earned in excess of that will be subject to normal tax.
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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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Tax revenue highlights SA's dependence on small number of high-income earners
Just 125,000 people pay one-fifth of the R1.5 trillion the South African Revenue Services (Sars) collects in taxes.
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Police arrest 3 alleged drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport
The alleged drug mules, two men and a woman, were apprehended in a joint police operation.
