Ex-Prasa CEO Montana’s R15m tax battle with Sars heats up

UMKHONTO weSizwe Party (MKP) MP and former Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) chief executive Lucky Montana faces a tax bill of over R15 million by the SA Revenue Service (Sars).

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Sars has also launched proceedings to have him sequestrated. The tax collection entity applied to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria last month to strike out several allegations made by Montana.

According to Sars, allegations in about seven paragraphs were identified as objectionable matter.

A defiant Montana on Saturday said the battle is far from over and is likely to end in the Constitutional Court.

“On July 21, I filed an application in the high court to rescind the original default judgement obtained by Sars in 2022, without my knowledge.

“This led us to the current situation. In addition, we have taken the decision to appeal the recent judgement.

“This is but one battle in a much broader legal fight. Until these two matters are finalised by the courts, the battle is not over,” Montana explained.

In his replying affidavit, Montana accused Sars of arrogant conduct that disregards legitimate objections and denies him constitutional rights to administrative justice and fairness.