7 things on new SARS head Edward Kieswetter's To Do list | Fin24
Without going into detail, Ramaphosa said Kieswetter should"[redirect] operations toward innovation". The selection panel also specified that the new commissioner must have a strong interest in technology.
The revenue service has faced challenges in this area, however. The Nugent commission found that Moyane had stopped the drive to modernise systems.She went viral following an ill-fated television interview, when she asked a television reporter to"protect me from yourself".SA has reportedly lost over R6bn in the space of a single year in illicit alcohol trade and loses around R8bn per year to illicit tobacco trade.
SARS has already been working on beefing up its fight against illicit trade since Mark Kingon took over as acting commissioner from Tom Moyane, who was suspended and later fired in 2018. Under Kingon, the agency revised a unit probing the illicit economy. The unit was one of several shut down under the The revenue service earlier in the week issued a tender in the fight against illicit trade, in the form of a track-and-trace marker that would help it keep tabs on tobacco trade.
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