THE Department of Home Affairs, the Police Ministry and the Treasury have less than four weeks to sort out their differences over the Border Management Authority Bill, which has huge implications for the country’s tax-collection regime.The bill, which has been seven years in the making, has raised concerns because it proposes setting up a parallel function to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner in a border management agency, without outlining the division of responsibilities and mandates in terms of collecting import duties.In its written comments about the bill, the Davis Tax Committee, set up to review SA’s tax regime, said: "It is the considered view of the (committee) that the assignment of key revenue collection functions of SARS to the (proposed agency) is inappropriate."The (agency) should not have to recreate a revenue-collection infrastructure that has already been painstakingly created by SARS. It is recommended the power to delegate tax administration po...
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