Question NW1072 to the Minister of Finance
04 November 2019 - NW1072
Shivambu, Mr F to ask the Minister of Finance
With reference to the statement by the Commissioner of the SA Revenue Service (SARS), Mr E Kieswetter, in a meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance held on 17 September 2019, wherein he said that SARS had 4 000 recording devices in offices around the country, what is the total (a) number of recording devices that were imported and (b) monetary value of each device?
Reply:
a) SARS cannot identify listening devices imported into the country by SARS.
b) Not applicable.