SARS disciplinary inquiry: committee asks to see reports on Makwakwa
Transparency is particularly important ‘in view of the waning public confidence in SARS’, says chairman Yunus Carrim
Parliament’s finance committee is demanding full transparency on the South African Revenue Service (SARS) decision to allow head of business and individual tax Jonas Makwakwa to resume work after being suspended for a year. The parliamentary committee is demanding copies of the reports on which SARS commissioner Tom Moyane based his decision. Committee chairman Yunus Carrim said in a statement on Monday that transparency from the tax authority was particularly important "in view of the waning public confidence in SARS, decreasing tax compliance among taxpayers and a decline in tax morality". Makwakwa was suspended in 2016 while allegations of irregular conduct against him and fellow SARS employee Kelly-Ann Elskie were investigated by independent law firm Hogan Lovells. Elskie was also suspended. The allegations were based on a report by the Financial Intelligence Centre that Makwakwa had made suspicious cash deposits and bank transfers into his bank account amounting to R1.2m from 2...
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