Illicit cigarettes a problem 'bigger' than SARS - Kieswetter

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The track and trace project meant to clamp down on illicit tobacco trade was discontinued by SARS, as it did not address risks across the entire supply chain, according to Commissioner Edward Kieswetter.

The commissioner was speaking during a briefing to Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday, where members of Parliament were updated on the revenue service's 2020/21 annual report.

Committee chairperson, Joe Maswanganyi, asked for an update on the track and trace project.

In 2019, SARS had issued a tender, seeking a service provider of the "track-and-trace marker technology" which would track the movement of cigarettes from manufacturing plants to points of sale, Fin24 previously reported.
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Illicit cigarettes a problem 'bigger' than SARS - Kieswetter | Business

The track and trace project meant to clamp down on illicit tobacco trade has been stopped because it was the equivalent of locking the front door but leaving the back door open, says SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter.
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Maybe Kieswetter should first make an appointment with NDZ before running to the media, or alternatively, he should be fired.
 
I don't see what the big deal is with illicit cigarettes. People get cheaper cigarettes, the government gets less money to steal, seems like a win-win to me.
 
deweyzeph said:
I don't see what the big deal is with illicit cigarettes. People get cheaper cigarettes, the government gets less money to steal, seems like a win-win to me.
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well no, they have to steal more because money they are supposed to be getting is now going into other pockets. taxes etc.

not like it means anything to us, we didnt see that money anyway :D
 
ShaunSA said:
Think of the lives we will save!

Can give them an option. Quit or bullet to the head :cool:
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Or how about they start with everyone driving a vehicle. Imagine all those 'gasses in the air'. Pull over the vehicle, a bullet in the head of the driver and passengers and then all the lives it will save....

Let's rather find ways of selling more cigarettes, build more coal-powered plants, sell more petrol and diesel vehicles. Think of all the jobs it will create, more tax revenue for government, better lives for all.
 
Lower sin tax, this will squash the fake stuff.
 
"It did not respond to managing risk across the entire supply chain," he said. Kieswetter added that it was like locking the front door with the most "modern safe" and then leaving the back door open.
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Oh you mean just like how your government is cracking down on corruption, by giving the most corrupt among them medical parole?
 
Has SARS checked how expensive they've made mainstream cigarettes recently?

Illegal cigarette industry activity guaranteed. More than ever.
What next? A ban? What was the greatest thing that ever happened to the illegal cigarette industry? That's right - The 2020 ban.
Because some people think they're clever, but they don't even have a clue.
 
Good luck trying to crack down on the illicit ciggie trade when the ruling party is head and shoulders deep in it.
 
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