Articles about SARS

SA marked as 'phishing capital of the cyber world’

Phishing accounts for more than half of the country’s cyber threats, double the global average, according to ESET research.

Brazil’s Grandoreiro trojan targets SA taxpayers

The banking trojan tricks South African taxpayers with convincing SARS-themed phishing e-mails as filing season reaches its peak.

Cyber criminals lurk amid SA’s tax season

Experts warn of rising e-mail interception, fake profiles and AI-powered scams, as taxpayers begin manual filing this season.

Top ICT tenders: SITA to boost technical advisory capability

The State IT Agency is looking for an architecture management toolset to analyse, plan, design and implement identified solutions.

SARS pays out R10.6bn in refunds as AI upgrades bear fruit

SARS’s AI-powered systems enabled it to auto-assess millions of taxpayers and pay out R10.6 billion in refunds ahead of the manual filing season.

Top ICT tenders: Comms dept pursues SABC funding model

The department notes the SABC spends more on enforcing services for collection than the revenue it generates from licence fees.

SA govt agencies chase AI, tech to drive efficiency

SARS examines what AI solutions are available to rid it of mundane tasks amid an increasing government shift to tech.

Crypto players call for reforms to unlock over R500m in extra tax

Updating SA’s crypto regulations to bring them in line with global best practice would generate at least R540 million in additional tax revenue, say industry players.

Existing tech tools enough to tackle tax-dodgers, says SARS

The South African Revenue Service says its arsenal of artificial intelligence and advanced data analysis tools are sufficient to catch tax-dodgers.

Top ICT tenders: SARS targets master data management, governance

SARS is looking to tackle data silos, inconsistent data quality, regulatory complexities and real-time governance in a multi-platform environment.

Top ICT tenders: Transnet aims to improve rolling stock efficiency

The state-owned company considers advanced supersite technology to automate inspections and condition-based assessment.

Common governmental digital identity platform in the works

Home affairs turns to the South African Revenue Service to deal with evolving challenges in digital identification and fraud detection.