SARS E-filing at risk

[Celine]

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/sars-e-filing-is-at-risk-17492734


THE e-filing tax system will crash in the next two years unless urgent measures are undertaken to recall Barry Hore, who masterminded the IT system dubbed Modernisation.
Senior South African Revenue Services (Sars) official Andre Rabie issued the warning during the conclusion of his testimony before the Nugent Commission tasked to probe administration and governance at Sars since suspended commissioner Tom Moyane took over in September 2014.

Moyane allegedly scrapped an IT system which was introduced by former commissioner Pravin Gordhan in 2007 while he was still at the helm.
The system was continued in Sars even after Gordhan accepted a ministerial post in 2009. Witnesses testified that the Modernisation programme improved the Sars IT system, capturing data of all taxpayers including big business and multinational companies.

According to Rabie, a newsflash announcement on December 12, 2014 - three months after Moyane’s appointment - marked the end of the Modernisation project.



you can read the rest at the above link.

I have no works I tell ya.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

That's a scary scenario.

But who calls a project "Modernisation"?

 

[Claymore]

The e-filing site really is awful. Pretty much only works with IE and Adobe Reader. Such a hassle, and a decade behind the times.

 

[konfab]

The e-filing site really is awful. Pretty much only works with IE and Adobe Reader. Such a hassle, and a decade behind the times.

Honestly, I don't care much for flashy UIs etc. All I want the site to do is to be functional and fast.

 

[Eniigma]

Bring on the tax revolt. e-filing crashes, they can send people out to collect tax returns. No ways I'm givng up a day to queue in that hell-hole to submit a return.

 

[Lord Farquart]

Honestly, I don't care much for flashy UIs etc. All I want the site to do is to be functional and fast.

And that it does, brilliantly.

 

[SweetFennyAdams]

The government will NEVER allow the tax collection system to fail.
That's where all that lovely graft gravy comes from.
That's where social grants paid out for votes come from.

 

[konfab]

And that it does, brilliantly.

It is ok, I just want it to be more browser-agnostic. Being dependant on things like flash is nasty.

 

[ToxicBunny]

The government will NEVER allow the tax collection system to fail.
That's where all that lovely graft gravy comes from.
That's where social grants paid out for votes come from.

Well it seems like you are wrong (as usual)...

If Zuma hadn't been knocked down a peg, Tom would still be in charge and the tax system would have collapsed.

 

[Lord Farquart]

It is ok, I just want it to be more browser-agnostic. Being dependant on things like flash is nasty.

Yes, the only other reason to have/use IE AFAIK Even so, it is a small price to pay. Most here are too young to remember paper tax returns and objections in person at Germiston SARS.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

That's a scary scenario.

But who calls a project "Modernisation"?

The guy's surname is (w)hore, naming things is not a strength in his family ...

 

[RaptorSA]

Jesus Christ, I'm rather just not going to say anything and leave this here...
Everyone should see this.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not liable for any choking, crying, strokes or depression related suicides stemming from seeing this thing.

 

[Death_By_Ebola]

There’s a drop box outside SARS offices. At least there used to be one.

Adobe is already a problem, leave Dropbox out of this