SARS acting commissioner Mark Kingon is determined to clamp down on errant taxpayers to chop a large debt book and resolve a high number of outstanding tax returns. Kingon was appointed on Monday following the surprise late-night suspension of former commissioner Tom Moyane after his terse standoff with President Cyril Ramaphosa, who expressed disappointment about the poor administration at SARS. Kingon declined to comment on developments concerning Moyane but did say negative media reports had contributed to deterring taxpayers from compliance despite most of them being tax-compliant. SARS now has a large debt book and outstanding tax-return contingency to resolve. However, it still has to determine what is collectable on the debt book. "We've got crooks out there. There are many people who are just deciding not to pay their taxes. We've got to deal with those people firmly," Kingon said. The pressure is on to collect as much as possible ahead of the financial year-end on Thursday....
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