DURBAN – The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has taken three vehicles worth nearly R17 million belonging to a Durban couple whose taxes were not in order, The Mercury newspaper reported yesterday.
On Tuesday, SARS took possession of Sbu and Shawn Mpisane’s Rolls Royce Phantom convertible, valued at about R7 million, and two Lamborghinis valued at about R4,5 million and R5 million, The Mercury said.It is believed that through their different business dealings, the Mpisanes owed SARS about R50 million and it is unknown how much of that had been paid, The Mercury said. The Mpisanes voluntarily handed over some of their moveable assets as surety and pledged to pay SARS over a period of a few months. Shawn Mpisane denied that the couple owed SARS money. – Nampa-Sapa
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