Tax court delivers a heavy blow

When is a delivery firm not a delivery firm?It sounds like a joke, but the owner of Delivery Xtreme, with 18 franchises in three provinces, is not laughing.CEO Cornel Wilsch says he faces ruin after a tax court ordered him to hand over VAT on money paid to drivers.The court, sitting in the Cape Town High Court, said Delivery Xtreme's claim that it was not a delivery company, and should therefore not pay VAT on delivery fees, was "inconsistent with the facts".