Commission of Inquiry into Tax Administration and Governance by SARS
Estimated cost to taxpayer
R15 000 000
Duration
6 months
Sitting days
45
Cost per sitting day
R333k/day
Cost figures are sourced from parliamentary questions and auditor-general reports. Some figures are estimates.
The South African Revenue Service — the people who collect taxes — was being run badly. Important investigators who caught tax cheats were fired. The person in charge, Tom Moyane, was accused of destroying SARS from the inside. This commission investigated what happened.
Created under
Constitution Section 84(2)(f)
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2 total · 100% implemented · 0 not implemented
Re-establish the High Risk Investigations Unit at SARS
→ SARS
Remove SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane
→ President
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Outcome
Report released · 14 December 2018
Found that Moyane had caused serious damage to SARS. Recommended his removal and institutional reforms. Ramaphosa acted on the recommendations. Moyane was fired. SARS began to recover under Edward Kieswetter.
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