(1)With reference to liability for income tax, what number of members of (a) each opposition party and (b) the governing party were audited by the SA Revenue Service (SARS) in each of the past five tax years;
(2) whether SARS makes use of a randomised agorithm to determine which persons should be audited; if not, what are the full relevant details in respect of how SARS in fact determines which persons should be audited; if so, (a) how does the algorithm function and (b) what are the statistical chances and probability of a person being audited two or three years in a row, based on the functioning of the algorithm;
(3) whether any statistical correlation exists between persons who are audited and those to whom SARS owes refunds; if not, what is his standpoint in respect of the perception on the part of taxpayers that they are audited as soon as SARS owes them funds; if so, (a) what has he found to be the reason for the alleged perception and (b) what are the full relevant details in this connection?