Issues between the Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) should not be personalised into a matter between the finance minister and SARS commissioner Tom Moyane, Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday. The minister was responding to questions by African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) MP Steve Swart as to whether the conflict between him and Moyane had had an adverse effect on revenue collection. The replies followed a briefing on the 2017-18 given by Gordhan and Treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile to the members of four parliamentary committees. At a media briefing on Wednesday, Gordhan had told journalists that he had had a series of serious engagements with senior management at SARS following concerns over the performance of the tax authority. He indicated that at least some of the revenue shortfall of R30.4bn in 2017-19 was due to this underperformance and could not all be attributed to low economic growth. "We are having some very serious engagements on skills, c...
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