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State-capture implicated filmmaker faces tax evasion charges
appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court yesterday where he was granted bail of R100 000.
The failure of the SARS to investigate a report of an eFiling profile hack could prove costly, as it is now facing a R900m damages claim.
Over 1 000 taxpayers owe SARS R61bn
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that over 1 000 people owed SARS exorbitant amounts exceeding R10m each, reports EWN.
Amnesty issue argued in Constitutional Court
Taxpayers cannot obtain the benefits of tax amnesty, which ‘wipes their slate clean’, and later request remission of tax interest, SARS argued at the Constitutional Court yesterday.
SARS targets popular businessman for alleged R204m debt
SARS wants to hold Limpopo-based businessman and philanthropist Nyambeni Maphalaphathwa personally liable for a hefty R204m tax debt allegedly accumulated by his company, Mjayeli Security.
SARS move to avoid paying petrol refunds
SARS has proposed a pre-emptive step to avoid an interpretation of the Customs & Excise Act that would have freed the petroleum industry from paying excise duty as well as the fuel and Road Accident Fund levies on certain petroleum products.
Coreth Naudé, a senior advocate acting for SARS in a tax inquiry involving controversial businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize, survived an attempt on her life yesterday.
SCA favours SARS in Christo Wiese challenge
SARS has won the second round of its long-running legal bid to get businessman Christo Wiese and three colleagues to pay R216m it says they owe in taxes, reports Fin24.
SARS battle over capacity heads to ConCourt
SARS will tell the Constitutional Court that it lacks the resources and capacity to inspect all goods containers entering the country, with the tax agency able to inspect only about 2% of imports and forced to rely on the goodwill of taxpayers.
SARS to seize Zuma-linked spy's assets
Thulani Dlomo, the elusive spy who allegedly did former President Jacob Zuma's bidding during the height of the state capture years, apparently owes SARS R4.1m, reports News24.
SARS loses appeal bid over R142m 'gift'
The SARS lost its appeal bid in an decades-long battle against a swimwear model who received a R142m 'gift' from an overseas companion, after the Western Cape High Court ruled against it, Business Day reports.
ConCourt rules against SARS in Coronation dispute
The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled in Coronation Fund Managers' favour in its almost R800m tax dispute with SARS.
Clampdown on rules for Chinese retailers welcomed
SA's largest apparel businesses and union representatives have welcomed the government clampdown on de minimus rules that have allowed Chinese retailers like Shein and Temu to bring goods into the country at a lower cost than rivals, reports Fin24.
SARS takes aim at Royal AM founder
Royal AM founder and businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize could lose a fleet of luxury cars because she owes SARS more than R37m in unpaid taxes.
'Blue lights' company owner and others face tax fraud charges
The Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court has released Vimpie Manthata, the owner of Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement, and two others on R10 000 bail each in their tax fraud case.
Tax Courts are not courts of law
After years of uncertainty, a full Bench of the High Court has ruled Tax Courts are not ‘courts of law’ and non-lawyers, including accountants, can represent taxpayers in any of the country’s Tax Courts.
PP denied access to Ramaphosa’s tax records
Public Protector (PP) Kholeka Gcaleka has argued in court papers that neither the provisions of the law nor legal precedent allowed her leeway to challenge SARS’ refusal to give her insight into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s tax records, reports the Mail & Guardian.
MTN has successfully fended off allegations by SARS that it engaged in transfer pricing activities in its international operations, short-changing the tax agency.
SARS closes in on gold smugglers
SARS is closing in on companies it believes are key players in the gold-smuggling industry – an activity it said is bleeding the fiscus of bllions of rands.
Money-laundering ‘kingpin’ on the ropes
The net is closing in on the man allegedly at the centre of SA’s massive gold and tobacco money laundering machine.
