New SARS Commissioner sends a warning to taxpayers in South Africa

• SARS Commissioner Johnstone Makhubu warned taxpayers that the authority will aggressively pursue debts owed to it, with a Letter of Final Demand issued for as little as R5,000.
• The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has a tax debt book of over R600 billion, with R280 billion identified as collectable, and is targeting R126 billion in collections from this recoverable debt this year.
• SARS is going hard after taxpayers with outstanding debts, using third-party collector appointments, civil judgments, garnishee orders, and holding directors personally liable in the case of juristic entities.