The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has heeded industry’s concerns around penalties imposed for breaching the proposed new Customs Acts, pointing out that there will be no fixed amount penalties imposed.
“We are aware that there will be challenges around the implementation of the new Act and will be lenient when there is an inadvertent breach of the regulations with regard to submission of information,” said Kosie Louw, chief officer: legal and policy division at Sars.
Speaking at the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff) congress in Durban today, Louw added that there would also be no penalties imposed during the testing phase of the new systems.
