Gratuity payments haunt Joburg, taxman owed R15m

Only R24,499 of overpayments recovered

03 February 2023 - 07:47

By Mpho Koka

The embattled City of Johannesburg municipality owes the SA Revenue Service (Sars) more than R15m after it failed to correctly deduct and withhold employee tax on gratuity payments to former staff between 2014 and 2017.

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