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Edward Kieswetter says taxpayers’ willingness to comply has been eroded by poor governance. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Unequal society burdens South Africa’s tax system, says Sars head

Edward Kieswetter says taxpayers’ willingness to comply has been eroded by poor governance

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Edward Kieswetter, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sars collects R1.855 trillion in revenue, driven by personal income tax

And R447.7 billion was returned to taxpayers, says South African Revenue Service commissioner Edward Kieswetter

  • Aarti Bhana
3 min read
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. (Delwyn

Coalition takes wrangling over tax in the budget to parliament

Budget approval hangs in the balance and resistance to it is set to play out in the legislature’s finance committees

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
Tax bracket over-inflation has led to income inequality and less money for essential services. Graphic: John McCann/Mail & Guardian

Tax Bracket Over-inflation: How the treasury is forfeiting R198bn a year

Tax bracket over-inflation has led to income inequality and less money for essential services

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read