SARS on a crusade

[Bianke Neethling]

SARS on a crusade

SARS is cracking down on tax non-compliance and is urging taxpayers to file accurately to avoid hefty fines or even jail time.

 

[Fulcrum29]

An inquisition is more apt.

 

[IamNoone]

any and all declarations of war

An inquisition is more apt.

 

[rh1]

SARS still not going after the untaxed in those Billion Rand informal economies? They use South African infrastructure, they must pay tax. What about all the foreigners who have small shops all over the place?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

SARS still not going after the untaxed in those Billion Rand informal economies? They use South African infrastructure, they must pay tax. What about all the foreigners who have small shops all over the place?

They are going have to work, very hard to get those on the TAX hook, so not likely to happen any time soon.

 

[IamNoone]

SARS still not going after the untaxed in those Billion Rand informal economies? They use South African infrastructure, they must pay tax. What about all the foreigners who have small shops all over the place?

As they generally trade with cash, there is no way to know how much they make any given month as there are no records besides what they declare, which is much less than what they make. The only trackable funds are the ones where they use pos terminals.

SARS can not tax what they can't prove.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

As they generally trade with cash, there is no way to know how much they make any given month as there are no records besides what they declare, which is much less than what they make. The only trackable funds are the ones where they use pos terminals.

SARS can not tax what they can't prove.

So why don't they do something about it, or is that like too much hard work?

 

[IamNoone]

So why don't they do something about it, or is that like too much hard work?

Of course it's too much work to do something about it besides complaining.

 

[DreamKing]

Of course it's too much work to do something about it besides complaining.

sure, easy target, correct?

same principle, because murder / rape (any crime) is so difficult to solve so the police should not waste their time on those crimes? correct?

anc mentality

 

[DARoodt]

As they generally trade with cash, there is no way to know how much they make any given month as there are no records besides what they declare, which is much less than what they make. The only trackable funds are the ones where they use pos terminals.

SARS can not tax what they can't prove.

That is a dangerously incorrect assumption or idea.
They have always had the "pay now, argue later" mantra. They have also been taken to court and given a PK by the judge for doing exactly that- taxing people unjustly and unfairly.

 

[rambo919]

For once I have no problem with mobs burning down SARS offices..... but then again that might be the pain meds talking.

 

[Zophos]

When I read the headline, this came to mind...

 

[deweyzeph]

There's no surer way to turn a taxpayer into an ex-taxpayer than to put them in jail for some minor infraction and make sure they will never be able to work again.

 

[DARoodt]

There's no surer way to turn a taxpayer into an ex-taxpayer than to put them in jail for some minor infraction and make sure they will never be able to work again.

ANC doesn't care now does it. They want everyone poor and begging. African mentality is what it is.

 

[HermeticAnarchist]

F*** SARS

 

[deweyzeph]

ANC doesn't care now does it. They want everyone poor and begging. African mentality is what it is.

It's pretty crazy what some of these tax fraudsters are getting sentenced to by the courts. You literally get more jail time for VAT fraud than you do for murdering or raping someone.

 

[HermeticAnarchist]

It's pretty crazy what some of these tax fraudsters are getting sentenced to by the courts. You literally get more jail time for VAT fraud than you do for murdering or raping someone.

It's an indication of the government's priorities.

 

[deweyzeph]

It's an indication of the government's priorities.

If you look at it objectively, taxation is nothing more than a legalised protection racket where you pay the government protection money and in exchange you get to not go to jail.

 

[Unhappy1]

There's no surer way to turn a taxpayer into an ex-taxpayer than to put them in jail for some minor infraction and make sure they will never be able to work again.

I dont think they are putting people in jail for minor infractions.

 

[HermeticAnarchist]

If you look at it objectively, taxation is nothing more than a legalised protection racket where you pay the government protection money and in exchange you get to not go to jail.

Exactly.

And to think most people favour the idea of government because otherwise criminal gangs will take over.

No criminal gang would ever be able to extort the amount of money government can without being taken down by their victims eventually.