South Africa’s unpaid tax debt has reached a record high of nearly R500-billion, according to the South African Revenue Service. SARS says Value-Added Tax, or VAT, is the biggest problem. While SARS ...

The South African Revenue Service has a close to R500 billion pile of unpaid debt, with VAT being the worst offender.

SARS is expected to intensify its crackdown on tax non-compliance in 2026, with closer scrutiny of taxpayers’ bank accounts ...

The SARS VAT system has not been substantially upgraded in over a decade. Two years after the South African Revenue Service (SARS) began work to modernise the value-added tax (VAT) system, the agency ...