Sars’ plan reveals taxpayer fears ‘a threat to revenue targets’
The South African Revenue Service annual performance plan identifies a number of risks facing the tax authority
Public perceptions of poor state delivery and corruption pose a threat to revenue collection, according to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) annual performance plan for 2017-18. On Tuesday, SARS commissioner Tom Moyane is due to brief Parliament’s finance committee on the plan. Its tabling in March was delayed when then finance minister Pravin Gordhan expressed his reservations about it, saying he wanted to review the document "with the required due diligence". Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is also expected to appear before the MPs on Tuesday for his first engagement with the committee to brief them on the Treasury’s action plans for the year ahead. The SARS annual performance plan identifies a number of risks facing the tax authority, among them declining levels of tax compliance at a time when it has been set demanding tax revenue targets. SARS is expected to collect R1.27-trillion. "Research and empirical evidence show that taxpayers’ attitude towards compliance and their...
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