There is, this weekend, a public controversy surrounding SARS -- the South African Revenue Service. Never mind accessing other people's SARS records -- I couldn't even access my own. When my Church paid me out in 2014, I felt uncomfortable with what I saw. It involved huge sums. I took it to a number of professionals. This was "bizarre", they wrote. This was "fraudulent", they wrote. Which is to say, criminal. I asked SARS to see my own file. It was no. I sent them a legal demand. It was no. But that's impossible, said city attorneys. SARS refusing to ... no, no. I asked the Church's tax adviser (Tax Monitor) to see my own file. It was no. I filed an appeal with SARS. Yes, they said. But I should present myself in person at an office in Gauteng. Which is London to Paris and back, and London to Paris and back, and London to Paris and back once more. OBSERVATION: It's simple to see, therefore, that it's quite my own fault that I don't get to see my own file. I asked the Church, too, to see my own file. It all started there, after all. Again it was no. And one should believe that all is well.
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