Scrap KPMG report entirely, former SARS staff say
Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials implicated in KPMG’s report on the so-called rogue SARS unit met the international auditing firm on Tuesday and called on the company to withdraw the report in its entirety. Two weeks ago, KPMG announced it was withdrawing the findings and recommendations made in the 2015 report. Former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay, former strategic planning and risk head Peter Richter, Pillay’s former special adviser Yolisa Pikie and former SARS spokesman Adrian Lackay said they were standing by their conviction that KPMG had caused “immense harm”. The meeting was requested by KPMG and led by the new CE, Nhlamu Dlomu. Former SARS group executive Johann van Loggerenberg did not attend the meeting. His lawyer, Brett Murison, said his client would release a statement in due course. Tuesday’s meeting followed one held with former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas last week in a bid to defuse the...
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