No money to meet massive wage demands: SARS

The tax service said that, like all government institutions, it is affected by the financial challenges facing the country, and as a result, its funding allocation from National Treasury for the year has made no provision for salary hikes.The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union and Public Servants Association of South Africa have made demands for a CPI +7% wage increase. SARS has until now maintained its position of a 0% change.

“Through its own diligence in managing costs, and other initiatives, SARS is able to make some funds available towards Bargaining Unit employees,” it said. “These funds are from some savings from last year as well as projected savings from this current year which has been approved towards people costs.”

“SARS has further committed to continue discussions on a number of non-monetary items shared between the parties, to review and improve the overall employee value proposition. This process already commenced around the middle of last year,” it said. The PSA gave notice of its intent to strike on 12 May 2022. Until SARS’ latest concession, unions were set to strike this week.

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