The following are South African Revenue Service’s (Sars) commitments released on 05 September 2016 and scheduled for February 2017.
In order to “Improve control over the flow of all goods and travellers entering and leaving the country”, (ii) Conclude the implementation of the new state warehouse barcode inventory management system across state warehouses and acquire additional warehouse capacity for Cape Town and Durban at suitable, cost-effective locations by February 2017.
In order to “Identify, assess and respond to risks more effectively”, (iv) Review the current case selection capability and automated risk engine with the objective to improve risk management in the customs realm to the next level of excellence. In this regard, a recommendations report will be tabled by the end of February 2017.
This brings the count to 14, with three scheduled for the end of March 2017 and the remaining one for the end of February 2018.
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