Question NW1998 to the Minister of Finance
30 November 2016 - NW1998
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Finance
What is the current status of the investigation into an incident of possible fraud reported to the SA Revenue Service (details furnished)?
Reply:
This response has been submitted by the South African Revenue Service and cannot be verified by the Ministry of Finance.
Due to the secrecy provisions contained in Section 69 of the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011, SARS is prohibited from disclosing any taxpayer information (Including whether or not a taxpayer is subject to an audit/ investigation) to any person other than a SARS official. SARS is, therefore, unfortunately not in a position to respond to the above request.