By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele
The Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has appointed and reappointed a number of attorneys and advocates as chairpersons of the tax board for the hearing of income tax appeals. The appointments were made in terms of s 111 of the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011.
Minister Gordhan re-appointed 24 people of which half are attorneys and half are advocates. The new appointments consist of 50 attorneys and 39 advocates.
The candidates were appointed from August 2013 for a period of five years.
Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele, nomfundo@derebus.org.za
This article was first published in De Rebus in 2013 (Nov) DR 11.