The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS’s) appointment of eight agencies to recover billions of rand in outstanding taxes could be read in two ways: it raised questions about why the tax authority was outsourcing its core function and pointed to complacency among taxpayers, tax experts said. SARS wants the eight debt-collection agencies to recover as much as possible of the R16.6bn it is owed. Overall, it estimates that more than 2.3-million taxpayers and traders owe just under R150bn. SARS appointed CSS Credit Solution Services, ITC Business Administrators, Medaco Capital Services, New Integrated Credit Solutions, Norman Bissett & Associates Group, Revenue Consulting, Transaction Capital Recoveries and Van De Venter Mojapelo its debt collectors. Kyle Mandy, head of tax at PwC, said: "You do question why SARS is outsourcing its core functions." He believed this was to do with tax complacency. "We all remember what happened last time when taxpayers were being harassed by these coll...
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