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14 February 2018

South Africa Revenue Service investigates tax compliance by religious institutions

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued a media release on January 26 (published on the SARS website) indicating that they have, after a preliminary investigation and meetings with the Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL), made a decision to examine religious institutions to further investigate tax compliance by such entities. SARS will be looking at these institutions and their employees to determine whether there is any non-compliance or possible tax evasion.

A Global Tax Alert, attached below, provides additional details.

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Full text of Tax Alert 2018-0313

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