THE South African Revenue Service (SARS) spent more than R23m on a KPMG investigation into an alleged "rogue unit" at the authority, and the report was issued with a disclaimer that it could not be used to settle any dispute or controversy.Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan replied to a written question in Parliament by EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, who had asked the minister how much the KPMG probe had cost the tax agency, whether an open tender process was used for appointment of the audit firm and what the terms of reference of the probe were.The reply to the question was published in March, but has only become available.The contentious KPMG report was among the issues that arose between SARS commissioner Tom Moyane and Gordhan, after it was leaked to the Sunday Times late last year.Read a news analysis about the Hawks' SARS probeGordhan at the time questioned the audit firm’s findings, which said that while it could not find evidence that he was aware of the unit, as account...
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