Industry endorsed co-creation

Industry has come out in
full support of SA Revenue
Service's ‘co-creation’ model
which has been at the core
of the modernisation project
from the start.
“It is pleasing to hear
both Jed Michaletos and
the commissioner Tom
Moyane reiterate and
embrace the position of Sars
on co-creation with trade
and industry,” says Michael
Henning, general manager
of freight software solutions
company Easy Clear.
“The implementation of
the new Customs Act has
far - reaching consequences
for industry and encompasses
many changes that will
inevitably affect the software
service providers who, by
their very nature, will bring
the changes to industry
through the various software
programmes that interact
with Sars on a daily basis.
“The building blocks for
the modernisation process are
already being implemented
through the ACM electronic
manifest from a cargo
reporter perspective which
in turn will dovetail with
the declaration process,
paving the way for the
implementation of the new
act and additional changes
that are sure to come,” says
Henning, who points out that
the first three phases of the
modernisation process are
already under way.