Increase in income tax return fraud
Point police station in Durban is experiencing a number of fraud cases involving income tax returns‚ Kwazulu-Natal police say. Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said several cases had been opened at the station since the beginning of this month. “It is alleged that victims received their IRP5's and went to SARS offices to submit their tax returns. Upon their arrival‚ they were told that their tax returns were already submitted through e-filling and they cannot submit again.“The victims were shocked and were not aware that their tax returns were submitted through e-filling. A number of cases have been opened at Point police station regarding this scam‚” Zwane said.He added that police were investigating fraud cases and that no arrests had been made yet.“We appeal to the community to make sure that their documents are always safe and not to trust strangers with their personal information as it might get used by scammers to defraud SARS.”..
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