The Untouchables in a Gangster’s Paradise? Is it reasonable or ethical to make use of companies that do not consider themselves to be held accountable, for their actions in any private or public enterprise? While Big Tech has become seemingly untouchable, even from the US Supreme Court or Whitehouse, the same culture of supremacy, greed, lack of accountability, lack of transparency, and lack of responsibility seems to have created and sustained an environment in South Africa where IT negligence is acceptable, and lack of accountability is the norm, even when it comes to government institutions, contracts and tenders.
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SARS Looking at R90 Billion Taxi Industry to Further Increase its Increased Tax Revenues…
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The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has now shifted its focus to the R90 Billion taxi industry, which last year paid only about R5 million in taxes. The R5 million tax from last year paid by the industry, cannot even be the income tax of one province’s minibus taxis, and as a result there was a huge outcry in the media and on social media.
How the minibus taxi industry has apparently managed to circumvent its tax obligations to a large extent over the years, is still not clear, but financial experts are calling for the industry to be intensively investigated, to recover taxes from previous years’ revenue that was generated.
The Revenue Service’s diligent search for more income from taxpayers’ wallets, is related to the poor economic condition of the country, and aims to collect maximum taxes so that foreign loans can be repaid, it was claimed.
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Sars guns for former Prasa CEO who owes over R1.8m in unpaid taxes
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JOHANNESBURG – The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has obtained warrants of execution to seize the moveable assets of former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana.
Montana confirmed this on Wednesday saying it was in connection with unpaid taxes of about R1.8 million. The debt related to the capital gains taxes he failed to pay when he bought two properties worth millions of rand.
The former Prasa boss was dismissed from the parastatal in 2015 following allegations of maladministration and corruption, which he denied.
Montana said the sheriff of the court ambushed him at his Saxonwold home on Wednesday with a warrant of execution. The taxman arrived to seize his moveable assets such as his cars and furniture, but nothing was taken away.
He admitted he owed Sars but claimed he was in negotiations to pay the tax agency by selling one of his properties.
He accused Sars of being vindictive and uneth
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