Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa and the Public Officers for Ntaba Nyoni Estate and Ntaba Nyoni feedlot provide consent to SARS to make a public statement on their Tax Compliance Status
7 March 2023 – Mindful of the considerable public interest and concern in the affairs of the taxpayers Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, Ntaba Nyoni Estate and Ntaba Nyoni Feedlot, SARS has received the consent of the Taxpayers in terms of section 69 (6) of the Tax Administration Act no 28 of 2011 (TAA), to make a public statement.
Without the express written consent of the Taxpayer and the Public Officers in terms of section 69(6) of the TAA, SARS would be prohibited by law from making this statement. The companies’ consent was provided by the Public Officer for each of the companies respectively appointed in terms of section 246 of the TAA, 2011 and responsible for all acts and matters of a company for tax purposes.
Consequently, SARS wishes to provide clarity in the following regard:
In terms of section 40 of the TAA, SARS may select a person for inspection, verification, or audit based on any consideration relevant for the proper administration of a tax act, including on a random or a risk assessment basis. Taxpayers are detected for compliance interventions based on the sophisticated case selection methodology developed by SARS that draws on available data from statutory declarations by taxpayers, data from third party providers as well as other sources.
SARS conducts its compliance interventions with utmost care and independence. Based on this approach, the taxpayers in question have over the years been selected for audit by SARS well ahead of the start of media publications concerning the companies and this has continued since then.