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Business Times reports that with about eight months left on his contract, SA Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Edward Kieswetter is set to leave the position early next year.
In an internal e-mail to SARS staff, Kieswetter said his two-year contract extension was coming to an end and he was speaking with Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and President Cyril Ramaphosa well ahead of time on how best to handle the transition. In the e-mail, Kieswetter sought to respond to “speculation” about his departure.
Kieswetter took over as commissioner in March 2019, with a mandate to rebuild the tax authority. Its capacity had been severely damaged by Tom Moyane, a Zuma-era commissioner who was fired by Ramaphosa in November 2018 on the recommendation of the Nugent commission of inquiry. Last year, Ramaphosa asked Kieswetter to stay beyond his original term, which was meant to expire at the end of April 2024. They both agreed to a two-year extension.
Kieswetter said he remained committed to acting in the best interests of Sars and ensuring the organisation remained stable, effective and efficient. Godongwana and Kieswetter had a public fallout in February this year, when the SARS boss criticised plans to increase VAT by two percentage points to boost national revenue by R60bn ahead of the finance minister’s first budget presentation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Business Times (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Kieswetter to exit SARS next year, at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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