In another court defeat for public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the high court declared on Monday that the South African Revenue Service is entitled to refuse to hand over taxpayers’ confidential information to the public protector. franstaar reports.
is entitled to refuse to hand over taxpayers’ confidential information to the public protector.
In 2018, a similar subpoena was issued. When Sars protested that, under the Tax Administration Act, taxpayer information is highly confidential, the public protector and Sars jointly approached counsel for a legal opinion, with Sars paying because Mkhwebane said her office was short of funds. He also said Mkwebhane had already made up her mind and “did not genuinely take part in the process that led to the opinion of Adv Maenetje SC and Adv [Nick] Ferreira …. She was not honest.”
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