NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1497
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 2011
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 03 JUNE 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 14 â 2011)
Mr S B Farrow (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) Whether he has found that the requirement for taxi operators to
register with the SA Revenue Service (SARS) are adhered to before (a)
operating licenses are issued and (b) recapitalisation takes place; if
not, why not; if so, how many taxi operators have provided his
department with proof that they are registered taxpayers since the
relevant legislation came into effect;
(2) whether his department communicated the information provided by taxi
operators to SARS; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant
details? NW1664E
REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(1) (a) and (b)
In terms of the National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No 5 of 2009),
a valid tax clearance certificate is a pre-requisite for the issuance
of an Operating License. The Operating Licensing Board (OLB) cannot
issue an operator with an operating license if all the requirements
have not been met.
The scrapping administrator has to ensure that the operator has a
valid operating license, and since the tax clearance certificate is
addressed by the OLB, it is not necessary for this function to be
validated by the scrapping administrator.
Information related to the number of taxi operators that are
registered taxpayers, is in the process of being collected from all
OLBâs in all provinces, and this will be forwarded the Honourable
Member once it becomes available.
(2) The scrapping administrator annually provides the details of
operators that have scrapped to the South African Revenue Services
(SARS).