BOGUS TAX ACCOUNTANT JAILED

BOGUS tax practitioner, Faried van der Schyff, has been sentenced to three years' direct imprisonment, but his legal probleme are far from over. 

Van der Schyff, 59, was sentenced in the Cape Town Regional Court on Friday after he was earlier convicted on five of the seven criminal charges he had faced. 

Van der Schyff was found guilty of income tax fraud, contravention of the Tax Administration Act, and contravention of the Correctional Services Act. 

It was reported that Van der Schyff committed fraud from 2016 to 2019 by operating illegally as a tax practitioner without being registered with South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said: “The accused made clients believe that he was authorised to submit tax-related documents to SARS on behalf of the clients. Due to the accused's criminal activities, SARS suffered actual loss of R60 000.”

Van der Schyff was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for fraud, two years for contravention of the Administration Act, and two years for the contravention of the Correctional Act for the illegal possession of a cellular device while in custody.

However, Van der Schyff is still caught up in the Nafiz Modack "Tax Matter" trial, where the two and others are accused to boefing the taxman of R46 million. 

According to media reports, Van der Schyff and Modack were arrested alongside Ruwaida Modack, Yaseen Modack, Bashier Syce, Layla Bedderson, Dominique McLachlan, and Kulsum van der Schyff by the Hawks several years ago.