Security tax cuts 'illegal'

[lsuacner]

http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-1786_2152705

Johannesburg - The SA Revenue Service (SARS) has sharply condemned a call on South Africans to seek a tax deduction for their private security expenses. "This amounts to incitement to boycott paying taxes due," SARS spokesperson Adrian Lackay said on Tuesday. He said the Income Tax Act clearly prohibited the deduction of domestic and private expenses from taxable incomes. "SARS would deem such actions as illegal or non-permissable in terms of section 23B. The National Civilian Safety and Security Action lobby group earlier in the day urged citizens to deduct expenditure on private security from their taxable income this year. Spokesperson Conrad Beyers, said South Africans paid a substantial portion of their income tax that should be used by the government for safeguarding its citizens. "The government's neglect of its duty to combat crime compels South African taxpayers to incur various expenses to make up for this neglect," Beyers said. Lackey warned people against following this advice. "We must caution taxpayers not to adhere to this call as they will be individually liable for under declaration of taxable income, and its associated penalties," he said. "SARS will investigate the origins of those statements to call on people to deduct expenditure which the tax system did not allow for."

Take the government to court for fraud.

 

[antowan]

I agree! We should get tax rebates on private security expenditure.

 

[Xarog]

Yes. Take the government to court for fraud!

Class action lawsuit. The plaintiff : South African public, for the following reasons :

Rampant corruption and siphoning off of funds with the government failiing to do anything about it. Failing to do the job they're supposed to do, and general mismanagement causing that failure.

Lets those fatcats sweat about their next paycheck. I bet then we'll see some f##king action.

 

[Moederloos]

lol - if i declare something and SARS later says it is inadmissable, it is not illegal.
SARS will simply discount the claim.

Scare tactics.