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Thousands of people have signed a petition opposing SARS’ decision to close a loophole in the tariff on clothes imported from cheap clothing merchants like Shein and Temu, GroundUp says.

A proposed change to the Tax Administration Act (TAA) is getting taxpayers – particularly those embroiled in legal disputes with SARS – hot under the collar, suggests a Moneyweb report.

SARS raided businesswoman Shauwn MKhize's La Lucia mansion in Durban yesterday in what is believed to be a tax-related matter, reports TimesLIVE.

Tax practitioner Seshin Naraidu has been acquitted of all charges after he turned to the SCA following his conviction for defrauding SARS of more than R2m.

SARS has issued a stern warning to taxpayers who hold digital currencies, emphasising that failing to declare crypto assets on tax returns will not be tolerated, according to Moneyweb.

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.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that over 1 000 people owed SARS exorbitant amounts exceeding R10m each, reports EWN.

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 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 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.

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 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.