Tax evasion
Sars nets R900m in tax revenue from non-compliant churches, luxury car owners
Sars auditors looked at 35 cases involving churches or religious institutions, which netted R742 million.
Speaking to Clement Manyathela Show, Paul Mashatile claimed that this was not new information and that the party had been taking steps with SARS to ensure that their debt was paid.
Here’s a recap of how the global network of investigative journalists made the offshore industry's money laundering and tax dodging a political hot potato.
Fact file of the so-called Pandora Papers, a far-reaching new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that implicates dozens of state and government heads in tax avoidance and money laundering.
Shanghai tax authorities on Friday fined Zheng 299 million yuan ($46.1 million) for tax evasion and undeclared income between 2019 and 2020 while filming a TV series, according to an online statement.
Maphoko Kgomoeswana is facing six counts of fraud for alleged tax evasion amounting to R5 million in his personal capacity and his company, Babinatlou Business Services, between the period 2016 to 2018.
Neliswa Tantsi was apprehended on Wednesday by the Hawks in the East London area.
Bar Refaeli, who in the past dated Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, pleaded guilty to giving false statements about her periods of overseas residence in order to evade Israeli taxes.
'I would certainly be the last person to say that the current system or the past system was the perfect system.'
This comes after Western Cape Premier and former Democratic Alliance party leader Helen Zille threatened to organise a national tax boycott.
The Portuguese striker is expected to plead guilty after he struck a deal last year with authorities in Spain to settle the case by paying a $21.4 million fine.
Israeli authorities suspect her and her mother of having lied about residing abroad in order to pay less in taxes.
The matter relates to unpaid taxes dating back to 2007.
Matheba allegedly failed to pay her personal tax for nine years and company tax for three years.
She’s been charged for dodging personal taxes from 2007-2017 and company tax from 2014-2017.
Bonang Matheba made a brief appearance in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday for allegedly dodging taxes between 2007 and 2017.
The 33-year-old is accused of evading 5.7 million euros in taxes; he has denied the allegations.
Outa's Wayne Duvenage says South Africans have called for their intervention following reports of billions that have been lost to tax evasion.
AmaBungane has obtained court papers which apparently reveal that Sars is trying to recover R3.9 billion in taxes and penalties dating back to 2007.