The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has warned taxpayers about a new WhatsApp scam targeting their personal information. Sars this week noted a rise in complaints about fraudsters posing as officials from the revenue service and asking for…
The ANC on Monday denied that it owes the taxman more than R100m. In a statement‚ the ruling party dismissed as false a report by the Daily Maverick that it had been given 10 days by the SA Revenue Service to settle the bill. The report…
A senior National Treasury official has described the conduct of the Guptas and other companies who looted public funds as “treason” and says the government will stop at nothing to ensure their imprisonment. National Treasury deputy…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) will close all its tax branches temporarily for physical visits from next week due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country. “With the rising case numbers and the onset of the third wave peak…
A man who tried to smuggle US dollars worth about R2m out of the country has forfeited the money to the SA Revenue Service and earned a criminal record‚ but escaped jail time. Muhammad Zakariyya Sheik Aboo was caught with the undeclared…
A Limpopo man who defrauded revenue service Sars of nearly R1.7m was sentenced in the Mankweng regional court on Wednesday to an effective four years in jail. Evans Setshedi, 41, submitted fraudulent tax returns on behalf of a…
Secondhand cars worth millions of rands and imported illegally into SA are destined for the scrap heap as revenue service Sars clamps down on the illicit economy. Twenty-six secondhand cars smuggled into the country and seized by Sars…
