The contract takes effect immediately and will run until February 28‚ 2019.
There are over 2.3 million taxpayers and traders who owe SARS just under R150-billion.
The agencies that have been appointed are:
- CSS Credit Solution Services (Pty) Ltd‚
- ITC Business Administrators (Pty) Ltd‚
- Medaco Capital Services (Pty) Ltd‚
- New Integrated Credit Solutions (Pty) Ltd‚
- Norman Bisset & Associates Group (Pty) Ltd‚
- Revenue Consulting (Pty) Ltd‚
- Transactional Capital Recoveries (Pty) Ltd and
- Van De Venter Mojapelo (Pty) Ltd.
Taxpayers and traders with outstanding accounts will only be contacted via electronic channels. The agencies will embark on the traditional debt collection activities‚ including outbound calls; tracing of taxpayers‚ sending out notices (can be SMSs‚ emails or letters/notices)‚ said SARS.