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| South Africa Acts Against Tax Evasion |
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, May 14, 2010
During his speech to parliament on the occasion of the vote on the 2010-11
budget, South Africa’s Finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, focused on the
work of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to improve compliance, both
now and in the year ahead.
He disclosed that “third party data from employers and financial institutions
has proved highly effective in identifying cases of tax evasion, including employers
withholding PAYE deductions and taxpayers failing to disclose interest and other
income. Other sources of data - including the stock exchange and registration
data from other government departments - provide further scope for closing the
net on the non-compliant.”
From September this year, SARS will require all those receiving any form of
employment income – including those below the tax threshold – to
be registered with SARS to help reduce the scope for non-compliance.
“The net is also closing in on those who have sought refuge in tax havens,”
he said. “A number of jurisdictions that have previously been unwilling
to share information with SARS have now signalled their willingness to do so.”
“Agreement in principle on the text of tax information exchange agreements
has been reached with the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey
and San Marino. Negotiations are in progress with another three jurisdictions
and four more have signalled an interest in negotiations.”
He added that, in South Africa, “the success of collaboration between
tax, financial and enforcement agencies in the broader financial and justice
systems is also evident from significant progress made in the earlier identification
and more efficient dismantling of complex fraudulent schemes.”
Those who seek to abuse the VAT system to defraud the tax authorities will,
he continued, also be pursued – as recent arrests have shown. Increased
export controls as part of the customs modernization programme will assist SARS
in identifying fraudulent VAT refunds linked to exports.
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