By BAKANG MOKOTO
18 December 2024- A tax evasion case against the Director of Mariolene Trading CC, has been postponed by the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court until 10 March 2025. The accused, Pieter Jacobus Schotlz, who was absent in court proceedings due to unforeseen circumstances, is facing 35 counts of Contravening Section 234 (d) of the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011.
Scholtz was arrested by the Hawks for failure to submit returns.
According to the Hawks spokesperson in North West, Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula, it is alleged that, between March 2019 and May 2024, the accused did not submit returns for his company. Mathebula said on 25 January 2022, SARS telephonically reminded him to submit outstanding returns on behalf of his company.
“Subsequently, that written communication was sent to Scholtz by SARS, but he failed to submit returns,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the North West, Dr Rachel Makhari, together with the acting North West Hawks Head, Brigadier Silas Munzhedzi, have commended all role players for finally placing this matter on the court roll.
Makhari said this comes after the launch of the Honey Badger project in the North West, which focuses on encouraging taxpayers to file their returns.
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