CARMEL RICKARD: Sars given a bloody nose by tax court
Sars has been given a bloody nose by the tax court, which found it showed ‘an egregious lack of regard’ for a taxpayer’s rights
03 March 2022 - 05:00
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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