It may well sound like an obvious question. A question to which the answer must be known. But it is not. It is due to Sars having yet to publish its Strategic Plan 2017/2018-2021/2022. Will it be published?
For that matter Sars has not advised how it performed against its Strategic Plan 2016/2017-2020/2021.
Surely there must be strategic priorities? At Sars’ recent International Customs Day 2018 celebrations on 26 January 2018, the Customs and Excise Chief Officer “explained that the refurbishment of the Cape Town State Warehouse - which was the first of several in the country - formed part of Customs’ overall strategic priorities for the year.” Quoted as saying that “they were very proud of some of the changes they had introduced, including tighter security processes and a new in-house upgraded information management system that would be able to track all goods coming in and out of the warehouse.”