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SARS Customs Team Releases Contingency Plan For Trade Facilitation

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs Team at the weekend announced the development of a contingency plan to facilitate trade and to support Transnet. The Plan is an interim measure to ensure release of import and export cargo from and to TNPA and TPT has been implemented by SARS and Transnet SOC Ltd with […]

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SARS Workers End Four Day-Long Industrial Action

Workers of the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) on Tuesday called off their four-day strike following their acceptance of the fiscal authorities’ offer of eight percent wage increase in 2019 and a CPI-plus-2-percent rise for 2020-21. The deal was struck following negotiations with the authorities by a union representing about half its employees, National Education, […]

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President Ramaphosa Appoints New Commissioner For SARS

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday announced Edward Kieswetter as the new Commissioner for South African Revenue Service (SARS) with effect from 1 May 2019 for a term of five years. He said that the process for the appointment of the SARS Commissioner was informed by the SARS Act and was guided by the recommendations of […]