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Two top Sars officials accused of graft

Independent Online - ‎Aug 31, 2015‎
Pretoria - Two senior officials in the procurement department of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in Brooklyn, Pretoria, have been implicated in a corruption scandal that has hit the taxman.
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SARS officials seize R78 million in undeclared currency at OR Tambo

Times LIVE - ‎Aug 31, 2015‎
“Risk profiling earlier by SARS custom officials‚ identified the passengers‚ and led to their apprehension as they boarded the aircraft at 21h45‚” the South African Revenue Service said in a statement on Monday.

'Excellent service' at SARS not surprising

News24 - ‎Sep 1, 2015‎
With SARS being a government agency mandated by legislation to collect revenue and ensure compliance with tax law, it is inevitable that every concerted effort would be made to avert sloppy, inept service to the roughly 15.5 million registered ...

SARS makes big currency bust at OR Tambo Airport

eNCA - ‎Aug 31, 2015‎
JOHANNESBURG –Risk-profiling helped customs officials identify five passengers in possession of currency with a total value of about R78-million, SARS has confirmed in a media statement. The passengers who were scheduled to travel to Dubai on United ...
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SARS misses collection target by R2-billion

eNCA - ‎Aug 25, 2015‎
Sars acting chief operations officer Jonas Makwakwa said one of the Sars initiatives that had somewhat offset lower than expected collection, was efforts in closing personal income tax (PIT) loopholes that would otherwise have seen it lose hundreds of ...
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SARS says more than 2-million tax returns submitted already

BDlive - ‎Aug 24, 2015‎
THE number of income tax returns submitted by taxpayers in the new tax season has passed the 2-million mark‚ the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Monday. This means that 44.77% of taxpayers required to submit a tax return have already ...

Magpies and Sars lead the race for SHC glory

Evening Echo Cork - ‎Aug 27, 2015‎
WITH every passing week we are closing in on who might be crowned Cork County SHC winners in October. The business end of the campaign is now being reached and at this point in time there are a number of very viable contenders for the big prize.
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Is MERS another SARS: The facts behind Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

EurekAlert (press release) - ‎Aug 24, 2015‎
"The research conducted in this study focuses on understanding what population of individuals are most likely to become infected by MERS-CoV, compared to the population infected by SARS-CoV," said Charis Royal from Arizona State University.

Sars boss & Minister to discuss KPMG report on rogue unit

Eyewitness News - ‎Aug 27, 2015‎
A Sars advisory board will also weigh in. The secret unit, established in 2007, was shut down by Moyane in December amid allegations of illegal intelligence gathering.

It netted digital VAT, but can SARS harpoon web's big fish?

Times LIVE - ‎Aug 29, 2015‎
How could little SARS get global giants such as Amazon and Apple to charge VAT and pay it over? A little more than a year later, SARS is having the last laugh. South Africans now routinely pay VAT on digital purchases from major international websites.
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Sars rises to the occasion in another Viagra bust

News24 - ‎Aug 25, 2015‎
Johannesburg - Around 60 000 Viagra tablets were seized by customs officials at the OR Tambo airport mail centre, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Tuesday. Sars spokesperson Luther Lebelo said the erectile dysfunction tablets, which were ...

Trade deficit of R9,2bn in July 2015 on old measure - SARS

Politicsweb - ‎Sep 2, 2015‎
Pretoria, 31 August 2015 - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today released trade statistics for July 2015 that recorded a trade deficit of R0.40 billion.

Sars lauded after massive R38m drugs bust

Eyewitness News - ‎Aug 26, 2015‎
JOHANNESBURG - The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has commended the work of South African Revenue Services (Sars) customs officials after another drugs bust at OR Tambo International Airport.

Guidance on SARS changes to tax claims for medical disabilities

Bizcommunity.com - ‎Aug 26, 2015‎
An example used by SARS is that, if you are in a wheelchair and you purchase a hand-held GPS, the cost of the hand-held GPS will not qualify as a disability expenditure.

SARS Issues Revised Individual Income Tax Guide

Tax-news.com - ‎Aug 31, 2015‎
The South African Revenue Service has issued an updated version of its Guide on Income Tax and the Individual to inform South African residents of their income tax obligations.

SARS spies, damned spies and more lies

Noseweek - ‎Aug 27, 2015‎
The Shaik brothers' mentor, that stalwart communist academic Pravin Gordhan, like Maharaj, was unlikely to be welcomed into Mbeki's political structures; instead he was deployed to SARS, where he was joined by old comrades Vuso Shabalala (in Customs), ...

Moyane Refuses to Answer MPs' Question On SARS 'Rogue Unit'

AllAfrica.com - ‎Aug 26, 2015‎
South African Revenue Services (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane on Tuesday refused to answer questions relating to a report on the so-called "rogue unit".
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方剛形容本港零售環境差過SARS

雅虎香港 - ‎17 hours ago‎
立法會批發及零售界議員方剛形容,現時本港零售環境「差過SARS時期」,他認為,整個零售業轉差,源自中港兩地怨氣上升,認為政府應該取消限奶令,以及增加自由行城市數目。成衣、文職及零售業職工總工會總幹事張麗霞指,部分僱主已經開始以減少店舖數目等 ...

Chats piégés pour stérilisation à Sars-Poteries: certains ne seraient pas des félins errants

La Voix du Nord - ‎Sep 3, 2015‎
Celle-ci s'adresse, depuis quelque dix jours, au maire de Sars-Poteries, Alain Gillet et à la Fédération de chasse, pour dénoncer une situation. Elle déplore que le « piégeur agréé sur la commune de Sars-Poteries relâche les chats qu'il piège sur ce ...

Four clubs lead the way in hurling championship

Evening Echo Cork - ‎Sep 4, 2015‎
There was also a surprise thrown-in too which makes the next few weeks very interesting as it is do or die from here on in. Sars. There was an upset in the first week of the championship when Newtownshandrum defeated reigning champions Sarsfields 0-29 ...
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