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/ 23 December 2011
A modernisation programme to digitise local export processes may lie behind the puzzling clampdown that has left local food exporters reeling.
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/ 30 November 2011
The South African Revenue Service says a record number of 4.86-million income tax returns have been received — 23% higher than the previous year.
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/ 16 September 2011
The Department of Energy is pondering the possibility of a tax allowance for companies that can prove they have made energy savings.
The number of people who access credit is much higher than the job statistics warrant. Why?
SA has recorded a R4.9-billion trade surplus in June after recording a R1-billion shortfall in May, buoyed on by higher commodity exports, Sars says.
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the Hawks raided the home of controversial Durban tycoon Sbu Mpisane on Wednesday morning.
Aurora mine encapsulates capitalism at its worst and greed at its best, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
Sars managed to collect R2-billion more than was expected in the 2010/11 financial year, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Friday.
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/ 19 January 2011
The deadline for provisional tax is 31 January. Don’t miss it.
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/ 9 December 2010
Nine people have appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for alleged defrauding Sars of over R11-million through tender fraud.
Businessman Dave King has been dealt a blow in his long running battle with the South African Revenue Service.
Sars has become much more aggressive about tracking down tax evaders and making them cough up what they owe, an auditing firm said on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2010
The core of Malema’s dossier of people allegedly targeted by the Sars is taken from a report drawn up by former Sars undercover agent Mike Peega.
Proposed changes to tax law give officials
‘absolute power’, writes Ilham Rawoot.
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/ 16 September 2009
A wage agreement between the South African Revenue Service and unions was reached on Wednesday following industrial action during this month.
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/ 8 September 2009
Both unions embroiled in a wage dispute with Sars have rejected the tax collector’s latest wage offer, they said on Tuesday.
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/ 7 September 2009
A court on Monday dismissed an application by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) for an urgent interdict against strike action by its workers.
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/ 7 September 2009
Thousands of South African Revenue Services employees downed tools on Monday demanding better pay, a union said.
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/ 4 September 2009
The South African Revenue Service and two public sector unions reached an interim agreement to suspend strike action on Friday.
South African Revenue Service workers plan to strike after wage talks reached an impasse, the Public Servants’ Association said on Thursday.
The "draconian" powers sought by Sars in terms of draft legislation should be rejected as unconstitutional, the Law Society of SA said on Thursday.
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/ 12 February 2009
February 5 2009 was the deadline to submit your 2008 income tax returns. The penalties have increased significantly but you do have a grace period.
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/ 4 February 2009
Sars on Wednesday revised the country’s trade deficit for 2008 sharply lower after excluding gold temporarily imported for refining purposes.
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/ 16 January 2009
ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus and trustees of Brett Kebble have reached an agreement over money they want from him, Niehaus said on Friday.
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/ 9 December 2008
The tax benefit of investing your bonus in an RA means that the receiver of revenue helps pay for your retirement.
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/ 27 November 2008
There were an unspecified number of South Africans staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the sites of attacks by militant gunmen.
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/ 19 November 2008
The Sars has been awarded a silver medal in innovative technology at the annual Adobe Max Awards in North America.
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/ 13 November 2008
The deadline for income tax returns has been moved to December 5, giving taxpayers more time to submit their returns, says the SA Revenue Service.
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/ 5 November 2008
Three powder-laced envelopes and a threatening note was found at the Vereeniging South African Revenue Service offices.
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/ 4 November 2008
The South African Revenue Service was out to destroy his life, super-rich businessman Dave King said on Tuesday.
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/ 31 October 2008
South Africa’s trade deficit widened to R7,1-billion in September, from a R5,12-billion shortfall in August, the Sars said on Friday.
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/ 25 September 2008
Sars aims to achieve a return-free tax system for the majority of salaried individual taxpayers within the next five years.