In the ever-evolving tax landscape and public domain, one name strikes fear into the heart of non-compliant taxpayers, and confidence for the law-abiding residents of South Africa: Commissioner Edward Kieswetter!
The Tax Diagnostic process entails a non-invasive review of a taxpayers eFiling profile, through investigating the records held by SARS. This information is then compared with the taxpayer’s unique circumstance to determine if there are any discrepancies between the SARS records and current circumstance.
There is a clear effort by National Treasury to each year share more detailed information with the market, to support the budget decisions. This should be applauded on the one hand, as at least South Africa has a degree of fiscal transparency.