A villain in the view of most should-be taxpayers, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) emerged as the unlikely hero of last month’s budget: the additional revenue it raised ensured that personal income tax and other taxes stayed unchanged, while slight improvements for pensioners and the poor were possible.

But a judgment of the tax court, delivered two days after the budget, shows the revenue authority in a less favourable light...

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