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SARS can search and seize your property without a warrant

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Business Law Focus host, Evan Pickworth speaks to Francis Mayebe, Candidate Attorney and Virusha Subban, Partner and Head of Tax, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg about the power of SARS to search and seize your property without a warrant, and what the law says about this. We zone in on  a case that highlighted this issue and what businesses and individuals should know about the power of the South African Revenue Service to search and seize your property.
12 Oct 2022 English South Africa Business

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