Year: 2024

11 January 2024 – Kindly note that the Rissik street branch closed for the rest of today, Thursday 11 January 2024.

 

Source: SARS Tariffs
SARS Rissik branch closed for rest of day

10 January 2024 – Achieving our Vision 2024 of a smart, modern SARS with unquestionable integrity that is trusted and admired is of paramount importance. Pivotal to the delivery of our vision are our digital platforms and technology infrastructure. To provide clarity and certainty, make it easy for taxpayers and traders to comply with their obligations and building public trust and confidence, our technology assets must demonstrate the highest levels of availability, robustness and security.

In accordance with our Vision and Strategic Objectives, which include modernising our systems to provide Digital and Streamlined online services, we are hard at work ensuring that our digital platforms and technology infrastructure are available, robust and secure, by performing regular upgrades, enhancements and maintenance.

Considering the above, SARS Digital platform upgrades are scheduled for Saturday, 13 January 2024, from 22h00 to Sunday morning 02h00.

During this time, you may experience intermittent service interruption on our Tax and Customs Digital Platform.

Stakeholders are therefore urged to submit priority Goods Declarations (bills of entry) and Road Manifest by Saturday, 13 January 2024 @ 21h00.

Source: SARS Tariffs
Customs digital platform upgrade on 13 January 2024

6 January 2024 – Customs officers of the South African Revenue Service seized 23 kilogrammes of narcotics disguised as moulded artwork, with an estimated street value of R37-million, at the cargo sheds of the OR Tambo International Airport this week.

The Customs officers were doing their inspection rounds when they came across a box headed for New Zealand. The box contained items of moulded artwork, which looked suspicious. The officers used a narcotics test kit and some of the items tested positive for crystal meth, which weighed 10kg.

A test by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on other items tested positive for fentanyl which weighed 13kg. The narcotics were handed over the SAPS for further investigation.

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter praised the vigilance of the Customs officers who detected the narcotics. “SARS Customs will spare no effort in stopping the export or import of narcotics and any illegal substance which cause so much pain and hardship for families, particularly their youth.

“Drug smugglers must know that our Customs Division is fully committed to this objective, and will act without fear or favour against those criminals involved in the drugs trade. They must know that they will face the full might of the law,” Commissioner Kieswetter said.

For more information, contact SARSMedia@sars.gov.za

 

Source: SARS Tariffs
Media release – “Artwork” drugs seized at ORTIA