The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says that it will be tightening its VAT registration processes after it detected an “unusually high number of suspicious VAT registrations”.
SARS said it noticed a trend of suspicious registrations by VAT vendors. In the month of April, specifically, it saw a significant spike that required it to conduct an urgent review of its registration process.
Source: businesstech.co.za
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