THE SA Revenue Service says it is not falling apart, staff morale is at its highest point and that key achievements under commissioner Tom Moyane included collecting an extra R12bn in taxes as a result of overhauling its operating model.The tax authority was responding to media reports on the state of the organisation and controversy over suspicious payments into the bank account of its second in charge, Jonas Makwakwa, and his girlfriend and fellow employee Kelly-Anne Elskie.SARS issued a statement on Friday, accusing the Sunday Times, Business Day and Financial Mail of being "unrelenting in their negative coverage of the organisation" and saying the publications did not want to "allow a legitimate process instituted by the commissioner" on Makwakwa to follow due process.This was after Moyane waited four months before acting against Makwakwa and did so after the Sunday Times reported on the issue.In its latest issue, The Financial Mail, citing anonymous sources, reported that Moyan...
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