SARS Latest: Taxman swoops on errant tax payers
SARS is taking strong action against tax evaders and has made an example of a Gqebera businesswoman and a Cape Town Surgeon.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned taxpayers that it will swoop on those who attempt to evade paying taxes.
And now SARS has made an example of a 45-year-old tax fraudster who has been convicted and sentenced for failing to pay up the taxes she owed, while requiring a Cape Town surgeon who owed taxes to conduct a dozen free operations on state patients.
Ruzaan Botha, the sole director of Botha Investment Holdings was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced in the Gqebera Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this week.
Company director fined R20K for failing to declare income to SARS
By IOL Reporter
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Cape Town – The 45-year-old Ruzaan Botha, the sole director of Botha Investment Holdings cc, has been convicted and sentenced at the Gqebera Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
It was alleged that between 2010 and 2014, Botha had failed to submit tax returns for the income of R728 157.62 she earned from the contracts she had with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, the Hawks said in a statement on Friday.
The matter was reported to the Gqebera Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team. She was arrested on May 10, 2018 and made her first court appearance the next day, after which she was released on bail.