Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority
High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement
Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks
Bain’s role at Sars was a gateway for a special council that would control Eskom and the wider economy, Zondo commission witness says
The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them
The surprise 1% reduction will result in a wider, more compliant corporate tax base, according to Ismail Momoniat
The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence
The cross-examination of the public enterprises minister by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry went on well into overtime on Monday evening
The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations
More wealth taxes may soon be a reality for east African countries in the wake of Covid-19
The finance minister has to close the jaws of the hippo and he’s likely to do this by tightening the country’s belt, again.
‘Nigeria kills its people. Nigeria has always killed its people.’
“They say people disappear, young men with dreadlocked hair, with tattoos, or even just carrying a laptop in a backpack,” writes Elnathan John in a reflective essay about Nigeria.
The revenue service said that change in compliance behaviour of taxpayers has been observed since April
South Africa’s tobacco industry interference statistics are improving year on year, but more needs to be done
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last
To take care of ourselves, we must take care of the world around us
The government will have to consider the pros and cons of direct taxation, de facto taxation and debt as it negotiates the coronavirus economic crisis
High court says people can refuse to hand information over to the protector if there is “just cause” and also makes a personal costs order against Mkhwebane
Relief for small businesses, tax breaks, employment incentives — Ramaphosa’s drastic measures to fight the effects of Covid-19
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
The revenue service is expecting another year of tax undercollection thanks to weak economic growth and strained consumers.
The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful
The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in November. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), Edward Kieswetter, are in a court battle after Kieswetter refused to […]
China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS
In her answering affidavit, the public protector says the Sars commissioner should withdraw or adjust his court case against her
The ConCourt hearing on the interim interdict against Mkhwebane is about more than politics
The stand-off between the public protector and the taxman is about more than Zuma’s tax
The fight over the report about the ‘rogue unit’ is not over – it is in the public domain, but this does not mean it
is no longer classified
Mac Maharaj says the report is a "distortion of reality"
Millers claim red tape is keeping import cost savings from being passed on to consumers
State capture was a godsend for tobacco dealers, writes former Sars official Johann van Loggerenberg in his latest book