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WATCH: VAT refunds battle won, war continues Michael Avery talks to a panel about Sars and why they are withholding some taxpayers’ VAT returns By Business Day TV - 02 February 2021 Image: GALLO IMAGES
Send in a VAT return just one day late and you are immediately penalised 10%, but Sars has been withholding VAT returns owed to taxpayers for, in some cases, years now.
The practice is particularly pernicious in the prevailing business environment in which many companies have seen cash flow dry up due to Covid-19 restrictions, and even face insolvency. The high court has now provided much needed certainty as to how Sars should behave in a vague, very technical area of law.