{"id":1908,"date":"2012-09-23T12:33:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T12:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2012-09-24T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T07:46:18","slug":"malema-owes-r16-million-in-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=1908","title":{"rendered":"Malema owes R16 million in tax"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has obtained a R16 million judgment against former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema for unpaid taxes, according to a report on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The judgment was obtained in the High Court in Pretoria on September 11, City Press reported.<\/p>\n

Malema did not oppose the application by Sars.<\/p>\n

Sars spokesman Adrian Lackay confirmed the judgment against Malema for R16 million was obtained.<\/p>\n

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He told the newspaper the amount included unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.<\/p>\n

Lackay said he could not give any more details of Malema’s tax affairs because a “taxpayer’s confidentiality is a legal obligation imposed on Sars”.<\/p>\n

According to the report Sars was about to seize Malema’s property and assets in Gauteng and Limpopo.<\/p>\n

Alan Lewis, a tax law consultant and advocate, told City Press the judgment showed two things: Malema had a “hell of a lot of money” and he was in deep trouble.<\/p>\n

Lewis, a former Sars employee, said the revenue service would most likely hand the judgment to a sheriff of the court, who would attach Malema’s properties and assets.<\/p>\n

Sars started looking into Malema’s tax affairs last year after it was revealed that he was linked to companies which had obtained lucrative contracts from the Limpopo provincial government.<\/p>\n

Millions of rands were channelled through Malema’s Ratanang Family Trust, according to the report. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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