Why should it take so long for refunds to be paid out?
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
Sars can do better.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
Delayed payments of refunds to taxpayers is due to a systemic issue at Sars, according Tax Ombud Judge Bernard Ngoepe.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviewed Ngoepe.
Listen to the interview in the audio below (and/or scroll down for more quotes from it).
Year in and year out we get complaints of this nature.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
The problem is not necessarily the system, but the way it’s being applied.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
We have some quarrels with Sars.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
Complaints became so much that it became impossible for me not to investigate.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
There were instances of companies coming close to retrenching their staff!
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
We must accept that Sars has some drastic powers.
— Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Tax Ombud
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