sars is above the law
submitted tax return for 2015 on 04 August 2015. Immediately informed of a refund. Then told banking details were invalid. Submitted a correction with new details. Then told that I must come in and verify details although I received a refund previously using same account. To avoid spending a day at sars, I submitted a 2nd correction with new banking details. Then asked for outstanding returns when I was unemployed which I submitted immediately. Then asked for IRP5 and expense supporting documents although I did not claim any expenses. As soon as I requested IRP5 from previous employer, I was subject to an audit. I reported employer for tax fraud of R1.5million rand in June 2014 and as yet nothing as been done. Yet the employer was apparently able to pull strings and get me audited within a day. Audit on me was completed on 02 October with a stipulation that the law allows them the right to investigate me again in the future. Waited 2 months for refund and now told that it would be done within the next 30 days. The moral of this story is never report any suspicious activity to sars as it will come back to haunt you